Sierra Leone

Reports

  • Mapping the Security Environment

    The data presented and analyzed by the study in three cases-Afghanistan, Kosovo, and Sierra Leone-offers intriguing and provocative look at the wide-ranging security needs of local communities and the uneven extent to which these are understood and responded to by major international institutions.

    • Briefing Papers

  • Beyond men pikin

    There is growing agreement that separated children are best cared for in community settings, rather than in institutions. However, even in a community setting, there is a need for standards of care that allow for monitoring of children’s well-being. This is particularly important in countries such as Sierra Leone which is recovering from a brutal civil war and suffering from poverty, malnutrition, and limited access to adequate medical care. Since the civil war ended in Sierra Leone, child fostering—whether informal or facilitated by humanitarian agencies and the government—has become the preferred solution for the estimated 800,000+ orphaned, abandoned, and vulnerable children.

    • Books

  • Where are the Girls? Girls in Fighting Forces in Northern Uganda, Sierra Leone, and Mozambique: Their Lives During and After War

    By Susan McKay and Dyan Mazurana. 2004. International Centre for Human Rights and Democratic Development, Montréal, Canada. (Published in English and French)

    • Peer-Reviewed Articles

  • Bulgur Marriages and Big Women: Navigating Relatedness in Guinean Refugee Camps

    By Lacey Gale. 2007. Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 80 no.2: 355-379.

  • The Refugee ‘Family’: Child Fostering and Mobility among Sierra Leonean Refugees

    By Lacey Gale. 2006. The International Journal of Sociology of Family, Vol 32, No. 2:273-287.