CAWRBP

Children and War: Resilience Beyond Programmes

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 Obiettivo del progetto (Objective)

'The aim of this fellowship is to develop an integrated theoretical social (re)integration framework for children born of war and their ex-combatant mothers in light of the unique but extreme challenges faced by these children in contemporary African armed conflicts. Five objectives will be pursued, namely; 1. Identify and analyse the situation of “(re)integrated” ex-combatants and their children born out of forced pregnancies and rape by enemy soldiers in post conflict northern Uganda; 2. Identify and analyse the situation of “(re)integrated” ex-combatants and their children in post conflict countries of East Timor, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC); 3. Compare social (re)integration policies and practices associated with study communities in Northern Uganda, East Timor, Bosnia-Herzegovina and the DRC; 4. Apply findings to the existent theoretical framework and thus revise and make more effective the social (re)integration approaches to benefit ex-combatants and the children born of war; 5. Participate in international discussions and contribute to building scholarship for improvement of social (re)integration policies and practices globally. Tasks will be accomplished in five phases, namely; preparatory; extensive and elaborate comparative analysis of study communities; in-depth analyses of social (re)integration policies and practices; development of alternative framework(s) for social (re)integration of children born of war and their ex-combatant mothers and the return phase to enable the emerging framework be tested on study communities in Oyam and Otuke districts in northern Uganda and thus, inform further refinement of the framework.'

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An integrated approach helps to reintegrate children born of war and their mothers into contemporary African post-conflict societies.

Descrizione progetto (Article)

War has devastating effects, especially on children and their mothers who have to face extreme challenges for survival. The EU-funded 'Children and war: Resilience beyond programmes'(CAWRBP) project has examined means of reintegration in Sudan and Uganda.

The focus is an integrated and theoretical social reintegration framework designed for children born of war. This includes children fathered by foreign soldiers and born to local mothers. A set of guidelines has been developed based on social experiences in order to address sustainability needs.

Work entailed an in-depth review of published literature on pre- and post-reintegration communities with a focus on social and security reform sectors. This was followed by a comparative analysis of study communities and mapping out social reintegration policies and practices applied in study communities. Finally, application of findings was employed for a critical and in-depth comparative investigation and evaluation of policies of social reintegration.

A main result is the design of three group research courses on topics related to children born of war. In terms of a broader impact, the results will be useful for local, regional, national and international organisations in the formulation of sustainable post-conflict policies