Research Handbook of Children and Armed Conflict

Edited by Myriam Denov, Canada Research Chair in Children, Families and Armed Conflict, and Full Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work, McGill University, Canada and Maya Fennig, Assistant Professor of Social Work, The Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Israel

‘This important and timely book addresses the unimaginable toll of war on children and the urgent need for justice, accountability, and most of all: prevention. This Research Handbook is a vital contribution to the work on children affected by armed conflict.’

• Contents:“How do we make up for lost time?”: Tackling current questions andrealities of children during and following armed conflict 1Maya Fennig and Myriam DenovPART I VOICES OF YOUNG PEOPLE IMPACTED BYARMED CONFLICT1 “Days turned into nights, but we just kept on walking” 20Arsema Teame2 “What could have been had I not left my family?” Reflectionson war, migration and family separation 29Bior Leek AjakPART II APPROACHES TO CHILDREN AFFECTED BYARMED CONFLICT3 Prioritizing prevention: the value of a locally led approach insupporting conflict-affected children 38Michael G. Wessells4 Participatory action research with youth displaced by war:how youth know, feel and do peace and security 53Rebecca Sutton5 Refusing to be victims: child soldiers in the humanitarian world 67Sylvie Bodineau6 Stigma and guilt among the children of amnestiedex-combatants in northern Uganda: implications fortransitional justice 86Grace AkelloPART III WAR, DISPLACEMENT, AND MIGRATION7 ‘They have locked us in’: the impact of liminality andprotracted displacement on the mental health of Eritreanrefugee youth living in Israel 103Maya Fennig and Myriam Denov8 Children and parents separated at the U.S. border: a case ofhuman rights violations in the Global North 123Lyn Morland and Elaine Kelley9 Agency, resilience and vulnerability of children in contexts ofconflict-induced displacement 147Cordula von Denkowski and Ulrike Krause10 Navigating displacement: trajecto-making among forcedmigrant and refugee children and youth 168Giorgia Donà and Angela VealePART IV CRITICAL DISCUSSIONS OF POLICY/PRACTICE11 Child detention in armed conflict 184Frédéric Mégret and Isabella Spano12 The child soldier under international law and policy 200Mark A. Drumbl13 Preventing the recruitment and use of children as soldiers:a perspective on moral injury and the security sector 215Shelly Whitman14 Children without parental care in armed conflict settings: rightto family life and alternative care arrangements 232Mónica Ruiz-Casares15 Mental health and psychosocial support interventionsfor conflict-affected children and adolescents: strategies,challenges, and recommendations 253Shoshanna L. Fine and Jura L. AugustinaviciusIndex 280