Facilitating war-affected young mothers' reintegration: lessons from a participatory action research study in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorWorthen, Miranda
dc.contributor.authorOnyango, Grace
dc.contributor.authorWessells, Mike
dc.contributor.authorVeale, Angela
dc.contributor.authorMcKay, Susan
dc.contributor.funderOak Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderPro Victimis Foundation, Switzerlanden
dc.contributor.funderRockefeller Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderCompton Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderUNICEFen
dc.date.accessioned2019-02-04T16:34:57Z
dc.date.available2019-02-04T16:34:57Z
dc.date.issued2013-02-26
dc.date.updated2019-02-04T16:26:47Z
dc.description.abstractYoung women and girls formerly associated with armed forces and armed groups face multiple challenges. Many become pregnant or have children while they are associated and face stigma and marginalization upon reintegration into civilian communities. This article describes a multi-year participatory action research study that took place in twenty communities in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and northern Uganda from 2006 – 2009 and included more than 650 young mother participants. We find that this community-based approach to reintegration improved the wellbeing of young mother participants and their children. We discuss the challenges and limitations of conducting participatory action research with war-affected young people and make recommendations for future reintegration programming.en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionPublished Versionen
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dc.identifier.citationWorthen, M., Onyango, G., Wessells, M., Veale, A. and McKay, S. (2013) 'Facilitating War-Affected Young Mothers’ Reintegration: Lessons from a Participatory Action Research Study in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda', International Journal of Social Science Studies, 1(1), pp. 145-149. doi: 10.11114/ijsss.v1i1.43en
dc.identifier.doi10.11114/ijsss.v1i1.43
dc.identifier.endpage149en
dc.identifier.issn2324-8041
dc.identifier.issued1en
dc.identifier.journaltitleInternational Journal of Social Science Studiesen
dc.identifier.startpage145en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7429
dc.identifier.volume1en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherRedfame Publishing Inc.en
dc.relation.urihttp://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijsss/article/view/43
dc.rights© Redfame Publishing Inc. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.en
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/en
dc.subjectChild soldiersen
dc.subjectReintegrationen
dc.subjectChildren associated with armed forces and armed groupsen
dc.subjectCommunity baseden
dc.subjectParticipatory action researchen
dc.subjectLiberiaen
dc.subjectSierra Leoneen
dc.subjectUgandaen
dc.titleFacilitating war-affected young mothers' reintegration: lessons from a participatory action research study in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Ugandaen
dc.typeArticle (peer-reviewed)en
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