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Child Soldier Relief
http://childsoldierrelief.wordpress.com
Information, forums, news, resources for and about current and former child soldiers.
- Added on: Apr 18th, 2008
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Author: Christine Williams
- Listed in: Political Activism International Affairs
- Tags: children war media human rights current affairs child soldiers
Recent Posts
Current methods are inadequate for dealing with child soldiers in Uganda
…says Dr James Okello, a psychiatrist at Gulu University’s faculty of medicine, who also told the Institute for War and Peace Reporting: The formal health sector alone is not sufficient to meet [their] needs… Mental disorders, for ex...
New psychiatric findings for rehabilitating child soldiers
…as discussed at the annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association, Washington, D.C., May 5, 2008… New studies challenge the popular view that children forced to commit war atrocities end up as “lost boys,” incapable of ever ...
From the boardroom to war-torn Columbia
A new foundation that supports child soldiers in Columbia has been developed by former corporate techie Philippe Houdard. Last year he decided to take a break from the office and his six-figure salary but instead of moving to the beaches in Thail...
Sri Lanka government making strides…
…in releasing, treating, rehabilitating former child soldiers in their country. United Nations Under-Secretary for Children in Armed Conflict Radhika Coomaraswamy met with Foreign Minister Rohitha Bogollagama late last week. She noted that...
Increasing public outcry against Hague prosecutor
…human rights groups, NGOs, experts and academics have recently been calling for the removal of International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo, citing management style issues, legal incompetence, and inappropriate political statemen...
