WNCAC Meeting Archive Center

Below please find a list of previous WNCAC meetings and pertinent notes. Most of these files require Adobe Acrobat Reader.

2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004

2012

October 10, 2012  Topic: USG Action Plan for Children in Adversity: Implications for Children in Emergencies  We regret that notes for this meeting are unavailable.  Click here for Dr. Neil Boothby's presentation.

September 18, 2012
Topic: Youth to Youth: Measuring Youth Engagement in Liberia
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Presentations:

• Mohammed Nasser
• Tom Brownlee & Celeste Visser

April 28, 2012
Topic: Understanding the Lifelong Influence of Men’s Childhood Experiences of Violence
Click here for Gary Baker’s presentation and Click here for Ravi Karkaka’s Presentation

March 2012:
Topic: Youth Challenges in South Sudan: Implications for Governance, Security, and Development. This event was co-sponsored by USIP.
Discussion was based on the following report

2011

December 2011
Topic: What Do We Gain & What Do We Lose By Using a Child's Rights Framework?
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October 2011
Topic: Participatory Approaches to Girls' Reintegration in Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Northern Uganda
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June 2011
Topic: Consultation on Roles of Religious Communities Protecting Children Affected by Violence and Conflict
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March 2011
Topic: Emerging Trends, Challenges and Good Practice for Engaging Children in Humanitarian Crisis Situations
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2010

September 2010
Topic: Gender-Based Violence: The Effects on Children in Areas of Conflict
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June 2010
Topic: Coordinating US Assistance to Highly Vulnerable Children in Developing Countries Click here for notes

May 2010
Topic: Post-War Pressures: Youth Challenges in Sierra Leone
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2009

December 2009
Topic: Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms: An Inter-Agency Review of the Evidence from Humanitarian and Development Settings
Presentation: What Are We Learning About Community-Based Child Protection Mechanisms?
Provisional Copy of the Report: Community Based Child Protection_provisional draft.pdf (This version of the report will be made available on the WNCAC website until the final version is released by Save the Children UK)

October 2009
Topic: Machel Study 10-Year Strategic Review: Children and Conflict in a Changing World

September 2009
Topic: Education in Emergencies: Identifying Key Issues for Strengthening the INEE Minimum Standards
Presentations: Time Line of Education in Emergencies, Updating the INEE Minimum Standards: An overview

August 2009
Topic: Longitudinal Study of Former Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone
Presentation: Children Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups

June 2009
Topic: Positive Alternatives to Youth Radicalization in the Middle East
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Presentations:Thinking about Deradicalization: Conceptual Challenges and Lessons Learned

January 2009
Topic: Youth Unemployment in Crisis-Affected Areas
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Presentations: Value Chains and Livelihoods | A Sustainable Livelihoods Approach and Economic Strengthening for Youth | Liberian case studies

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2008

December 2008
Topic: Child Soldiers & Small Arms
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Presentations: The Impact of Small Arms on Children and Armed Conflict

September 2008
Topic: Youth, Conflict and Peacebuilding
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Presentations: WNCAC Survey Results | Theories of Youth Violence and Mobilization | Matrix of Incentivizers

June 2008
Topic: Women and girls affected by war in northern Uganda
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April 2008
Topic: Working with Youth at the Leadership Level
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February 2008
Topic: Uses of sport in armed conflict situations
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Presentations: Presentation 1 | Presentation 2 | Presentation 3

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2007

November 2007
Topic: Youth, development and livelihood
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Presentations: Presentation 1 | Presentation 2

June 2007
Topic: The "Threat" of Masculinity
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February 2007
Topic: Results of the Survey of War-Affected Youth (SWAY)
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2006

July 2006
Topic: DDR: past, present, future
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April 2006
Topic: Programming for children affected by HIV/AIDS
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February 2006
Topic: Small arms and children and armed conflict
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2005

December 2005
Topic: Monitoring and reporting violations of children's rights in war zones
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October 2005
Topic: Revision and updating of Cape Town Principles
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August 2005
Topic: "Child Soldiers: Expanding the Dialogue" project
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Click here to read the "Child Soldiers: Expanding the Dialogue" project summary

May 2005
Topic: Children's role in armed conflicts; implications for programming
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January 2005
Topic: Peace building and protection efforts directed at youth affected by violence
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March 2005
Topic: Rights-based approaches to programming
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2004

November 2004
Topic: DDR for child soldiers; community-based and holistic reintegration
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September 2004
Topic: Education in Emergencies
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July 2004
Topic: WNCAC Launch Meeeting
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