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Sealing the Past, Facing the Future: An Evaluation of a Program to Support the Reintegration of Girls and Young Women Formerly Associated with Armed Groups and Forces in Sierra Leone

2010
Topics
Gender
Violence
Mental Health & Psychosocial Support
Agency & Participation
Alastair Ager, Lindsay Stark, Joanna Olsen, Mike Wessells and Neil Boothby

Th is paper, published in Girlhood Studies, reports on an evaluation of a program in Sierra Leone that sought to support the community reintegration of young women and girls formerly associated with armed groups and forces. In the absence of baseline data, we used locally-derived indicators of reintegration and village timelines to conduct a retrospective cohort study of the progress of 142 girls and young women towards achievement of community reintegration following their experience of abduction. Although girls and young women in both intervention and comparison communities had made progress towards integration, the intervention was associated with improved mental health outcomes and higher ratings on some aspects of marriage quality. For those who had found the greatest challenges in reintegrating, the intervention additionally appeared to support community acceptance and inclusion in women’s bondo activities.

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Sealing the Past, Facing the Future: An Evaluation of a Program to Support the Reintegration of Girls and Young Women Formerly Associated with Armed Groups and Forces in Sierra Leone
Author(s):
Alastair Ager, Lindsay Stark, Joanna Olsen, Mike Wessells and Neil Boothby
Year of Publication
2010

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