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Community-Based Reintegration of War-Affected Young Mothers: Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Liberia, Sierra Leone & Northern Uganda
(2010)
  • Susan McKay, University of Wyoming
  • Angela Veale, University College Cork, Ireland
  • Miranda E Worthen, University of California - Berkeley
  • Mike Wessells, Columbia University
Abstract
In this report, we describe a community-based participatory action research (PAR) project involving approximately 658 young mothers and over 1200 of their children living in the three war-torn countries of Liberia, Sierra Leone, and Northern Uganda. Instead of using internationally-defined notions and adult-centric statements about what reintegration is, we sought to understand reintegration from the young mothers’ perspectives, learning from them about what constitutes successful reintegration for themselves and their children. The project supported the young mothers in implementing actions that they thought would assist them in achieving their notion of successful reintegration. The project was implemented through an academic-NGO partnership that brought together a team from 10 non-governmental organizations, three African academics and four Western academics collaborating on the project over the course of nearly four years.
Publication Date
July, 2010
Comments
This report can be found at http://www.uwyo.edu/girlmotherspar/_files/pubs-final-report.pdf. Please visit this website for additional material about the PAR Project.

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Citation Information
Susan McKay, Angela Veale, Miranda E Worthen and Mike Wessells. "Community-Based Reintegration of War-Affected Young Mothers: Participatory Action Research (PAR) in Liberia, Sierra Leone & Northern Uganda" (2010)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/miranda_worthen/11/