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The Positive Contributions of Youth to Peacebuilding

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Youth in Conflict and Peacebuilding

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The DDR process for youth associated with fighting forces (YAFF) has thus far highlighted the newness and limiting nature of such programming which has only recently begun to focus on young people. It has also illuminated the need for a more nuanced and emancipatory approach which focuses on the specific needs of YAFF which are not present in ‘traditional’ DDR processes. In this sense as well, past programming has often been limited in scope and time while faced with budgetary restrictions. The issues of timeframe of implementation and the funding limitations of such programmes may also inhibit the ability of such undertakings to move beyond the short-term. This in turn creates spaces of separation and supports separate programming initiatives on programmes for economic, political and social (re)integration.

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  1. Coventry University, UK

    Alpaslan Özerdem (Professor of Peacebuilding and Co-Director of the Centre for Trust, Peace and Social Relations (CTPSR)

  2. Centre for International Security and Resilience (CISR), Cranfield University, UK

    Sukanya Podder (Assistant Professor)

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Özerdem, A., Podder, S. (2015). The Positive Contributions of Youth to Peacebuilding. In: Youth in Conflict and Peacebuilding. Rethinking Political Violence Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137314536_7

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