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Women in Afghanistan: passive victims of the borga or active social participants?

This paper, based on field research in Kabul in February 2002, begins by discussing how women experience war and violent conflict differently from men, in particular by defining different types of violence against women in Afghanistan. Second, by identify ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:10

Fragile Peace: State Failure, Violence and Development in Crisis Regions

Author:  Debiel, Tobias with Axel Klein (ed.) Publisher:  London: Zed Books, in ...

Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:49

Rebel Radio: The Story of El Salvador's Radio Venceremos

Author:  Lopez Vigil, Jose Ignacio Issue:  Vol ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-10 09:11

Family tracing: in whose interests?

This article is based on research commissioned by Save the Children Fund (SCF) into five family-tracing programmes in five African countries. The author describes the stages involved in tracing the families of children, and highlights the efforts that mus ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:54

Human rights and religious backlash : the experience of a Bangladeshi NGO

As part of a human rights education campaign, the Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee (BRAC) fixed 700,000 posters throughout Bangladesh. This met with opposition from religious organisations. This paper investigates the nature and cause of the backlas ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 18:05

Aiding Peace? The Role of NGOs in Armed Conflict

Author:  Goodhand, Jonathan Publisher:  Rugby: ITDG Publishing, 2006, ISBN:1 85 ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-10 09:09

Who Fights? Who Cares? War and Humanitarian Action in Africa

Author:  De Waal, Alex (ed.) Publisher:  Trneton, NJ, and Asmara, Eritrea: Afri ...

Book review - admin - 2009-10-18 20:51

Greenwar: Environment and Conflict

Author:  Twose, Nigel (ed.) Issue:  Volume 2, N ...

Book review - admin - 2009-12-17 12:26

Post-conflict pro-poor private sector development: the case of Timor-Leste

Post-conflict recovery and development is the subject of current attention and a major challenge is that of post-conflict economic development, which is central to reducing poverty and improving local livelihoods. In this regard, many post-conflict develo ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:48

Rehabilitation: a bridge between relief and development

An unnecessary polarisation has arisen between `relief' and `development' work and agencies are looking to bridge the gap, moving towards an integrated response to disasters which promotes sustainable development. Effective rehabilitation may provide a wa ...

Abstract - admin - 2009-09-30 17:56