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Implementation of a Mental Health Care Package for Children in Areas of Armed Conflict: A Case Study from Burundi, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Sudan

In our 27th edition, we again consider psycho-social interventions with children in areas of armed conflict. Here we present this overview of a large scale child psychosocial and mental health research/practice programme, implemented in five countries. Each country project used a school population based multi-tiered model of care – with a triage system enabling children … Continue reading Implementation of a Mental Health Care Package for Children in Areas of Armed Conflict: A Case Study from Burundi, Indonesia, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Sudan

International Law and the Right to a Nationality in Sudan

Manby, B. (2011). International Law and the Right to a Nationality in Sudan. Africa Governance Monitoring Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) & Open Society Justice Initiative. Summary Among the many critically important choices that Sudan is facing in the context of the referendums on the status of South Sudan and Abyei are the criteria that will be established to determine … Continue reading International Law and the Right to a Nationality in Sudan

Adaptation and Devastation: The Impact of the Conflict on Trade and Markets In Darfur. Findings of a Scoping Study

This scoping study describes the importance of trade to the Darfur economy and to a wide range of rural and urban livelihoods.  Over the past five years trade in livestock and cash crops have been devastated by conflict, insecurity and a prohibitive tax regime, while trade in locally produced grain has all but collapsed.

Livelihoods, Power and Choice: The Vulnerability of the Northern Rizaygat, Darfur

This exploratory study illustrates the particular vulnerability of camel-herding pastoralists who are associated with the pro government janjaweed militia. This report challenges the widely held misperceptions about their vulnerability and presents a detailed series of recommendations.  Lessons learned from this very specific case from Darfur are critical for a lasting peace and have much wider … Continue reading Livelihoods, Power and Choice: The Vulnerability of the Northern Rizaygat, Darfur

Livelihoods, Migration and Conflict: Discussion of Findings from Two Studies in West and North Darfur, 2006 – 2007

Livelihoods, Migration and Conflict: Discussion of Findings from Two Studies in West and North Darfur, 2006 – 2007. Young, Jacobsen et al. This report discusses findings from a study conducted in Darfur from 2006-8 that explored the changing role of migration and remittances in the livelihoods of conflict-affected people.  It illustrates the shifts in livelihood … Continue reading Livelihoods, Migration and Conflict: Discussion of Findings from Two Studies in West and North Darfur, 2006 – 2007