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Global Governance, Therapeutic Intervention, and War-Affected Girls

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2009

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Park, Augustine

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Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc

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The victimization of girls in armed conflict has garnered increased attention, yet recent scholarship shows that postconflict measures fail to meet girls' unique needs. This article examines gendered discourses employed in programming designed to assist girls following Sierra Leone's decade-long civil war, drawing on fieldwork conducted as part of a continuing program of study on peacebuilding in Sierra Leone. Specifically, the article presents a case study examining discourse relating to war-affected girls in one Freetown-based NGO, Connecting for Peace, which delivered programming to boys and girls affected by the war.

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Keywords: Postconflict; Sierra Leone; Therapeutic intervention; Transnational governance; War-affected girls

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http://hdl.handle.net/1885/24719

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ANU Research Publications

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Alternatives: Global, Local and Political

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