{"id":2487,"date":"2017-03-30T17:11:17","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T15:11:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.transitioninternational.com\/ti\/?p=2487"},"modified":"2022-01-11T17:16:25","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T16:16:25","slug":"work-not-war-youth-transformation-in-liberia-and-sierra-leone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transitioninternational.com\/ti\/work-not-war-youth-transformation-in-liberia-and-sierra-leone\/","title":{"rendered":"Work not War: Youth transformation in Liberia and Sierra Leone"},"content":{"rendered":"<section  class='av_textblock_section av-kyabg4xx-17b3a4eb09a95e9cc1a6ff89ec83d678 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p>Elizabeth Drew and Dr. Alexander Ramsbotham, 2012<\/p>\n<p>Liberian\u2002and\u2002Sierra\u2002Leonean\u2002youths\u2002have\u2002faced\u2002alienation\u2002and\u2002economic\u2002hardship.\u2002This\u2002has led\u2002some\u2002into\u2002violence.\u2002Peacebuilding\u2002initiatives\u2002have\u2002sought\u2002to\u2002educate,\u2002employ\u2002and\u2002empower\u2002youths.\u2002But\u2002political\u2002reforms\u2002so\u2002far\u2002have\u2002not\u2002met\u2002the\u2002scale\u2002of\u2002the\u2002challenge\u2002and\u2002excluded\u2002young\u2002people\u2002are\u2002still\u2002involved\u2002in\u2002political\u2002violence,\u2002criminal\u2002gangs\u2002and\u2002mercenary\u2002activity:\u2002the\u2002cycle\u2002has\u2002not\u2002been\u2002broken.<\/p>\n<p>This\u2002article\u2002discusses\u2002young\u2002people\u2019s\u2002experiences\u2002and\u2002perspectives\u2002before,\u2002during\u2002and\u2002after\u2002the\u2002wars\u2002in\u2002Liberia\u2002and\u2002Sierra\u2002Leone.\u2002It\u2002is\u2002based\u2002on\u2002semi-structured\u2002interviews\u2002conducted\u2002by\u2002the\u2002authors\u2002with\u200230\u2002young\u2002people\u2002between\u2002the\u2002ages\u2002of\u200218\u2002and\u200235\u2002from\u2002both\u2002countries:\u200217\u2002men\u2002and\u200213\u2002women;\u2002ex-combatants\u2002and\u2002non-combatants;\u2002from\u2002rural\u2002and\u2002urban\u2002communities.\u2002Interviews\u2002were\u2002conducted\u2002in\u2002June\u2002and\u2002July\u20022011.\u2002Interviewees\u2002were\u2002selected\u2002based\u2002on\u2002their\u2002age\u2002and\u2002personal\u2002experiences\u2002of\u2002youth\u2002issues\u2002and\u2002the\u2002challenges\u2002faced\u2002by\u2002young\u2002people\u2002in\u2002their\u2002countries.\u2002The\u2002article\u2002also\u2002draws\u2002on\u2002past\u2002interviews\u2002and\u2002research\u2002conducted\u2002by\u2002the\u2002authors\u2002and\u2002others\u2002from\u20022004\u2002to\u20022011.<\/p>\n<p>Full article available from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c-r.org\/resources\/consolidating-peace-liberia-and-sierra-leone\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[91],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-children-and-youth-desk"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO 5.0.2 - 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