by Kristin Carnes | July 19, 2010
This report presents the findings of a two-year field research project on local perceptions of social transformation in rural Nepal. The findings, and our interpretations of them, are presented in a manner that can contribute not only to scholarly debate but also to...
by Kristin Carnes | February 9, 2009
Since 2002 the Ugandan army – the Ugandan People’s Defense Force (UPDF) – has been operating inside South Sudan in pursuit of rebels from the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Joint operations with the Sudan People’s Liberation Army (SPLA) – which now rules the autonomous...
by Kristin Carnes | May 13, 2008
The Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA)—a rebel movement fighting the government of Uganda—is estimated to have kidnapped over 60,000 Ugandan children and youth. Those abducted include one in three male adolescents and one in six female adolescents in northern Ugandan. While...
by Anne Radday | April 30, 2008
Youth are simultaneously the primary victims and the primary actors in the two-decade long war in northern Uganda. While we know that youth have suffered (and continue to do so), we have not been able to determine with confidence who is suffering, how much, and in...
by Kristin Carnes | April 25, 2008
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...
