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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

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Title Facilitating War-Affected Young Mothers’ Reintegration: Lessons from a Participatory Action Research Study in Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Uganda
 
Creator Worthen, Miranda; San Jose State University
Onyango, Grace
Wessells, Mike
Veale, Angela
McKay, Susan
 
Description Young 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.
 
Publisher Redfame Publishing
 
Contributor Miranda Worthen, Grace Onyango, Mike Wessells, Angela Veale, Susan McKay
 
Date 2013-01-08
 
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Identifier http://redfame.com/journal/index.php/ijsss/article/view/43
10.11114/ijsss.v1i1.43
 
Source International Journal of Social Science Studies; Vol 1, No 1 (2013); p145-149
 
Language en
 
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