Youth in Conflict: Policy and Operational Dilemmas
Date/Time:
May 19, 2009 - 9:30am - 11:00am
Location:
Online
Website:
https://harvardsph.webex.com/harvardsph/lsr.php?AT=pb&SP=EC&rID=32880962...
Description:
Young people are an important demographic in countries in conflict, critical to a successful and sustainable transition to peace. However, the challenges of engaging this generation in processes of reconciliation and reconstruction are manifold.
Mr. Claude Bruderlein, Direction of the Program on Humanitarian Policy and Conflict Research, and Ms. Suneeta Kaimal, Project Manager at HPCR International, will host the discussion.
Panelists:
Naseem Awl, Adolescent Development and Participation (ADAP) Unit, Division of Policy and Practice, UNICEF Headquarters, New York
Irine Hiraswari Gayatari, LIPI, The Indonesian Institute of Sciences, Jakarta, Indonesia
Abubakarr Messeh Kamara, Founding Chief Executive Office of the Young Leaders, Sierra Leone
Bhatara Ibnu Reza, Researcher at IMPARSIAL the Indonesian Human Rights Monitor, Jakarta, Indonesia
Rosalind Shaw, Associate Professor of Anthropology , Tufts University
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