Two New Reports

These two reports listed below have just been posted on the Forced Migration Discussion List. Archives and further details on how subscribe can be found here: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/forced-migration.html

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From Refugee to Citizen - New Research from the Institute for Public Policy Research

http://www.mst-online.org.uk/researchandconsultancyunit.html

The research was commissioned as part of the 50th anniversary celebrations of Refugee Support (formerly the Refugee Housing Association), a charity founded in the autumn of 1957 to provide housing for Hungarian refugees who had settled in the UK. It comprised 30 life history interviews with refugees who had arrived in the UK between 1956 and 2006. The research examined how refugees understood their own integration and journey to citizenship, notions of home and what it means to be British.


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Please find attached Listening to Youth: The Experiences of Young People in Northern Uganda (http://www.womenscommission.org/pdf/ug_machel_short.pdf).
[List mod.'s note: Please visit the URL for the text of the report.] The summary report is based on findings from a May 2007 assessment to northern Uganda in which the Women's Commission for Refugee Women and Children interviewed young people about the impact of war on their lives and prospects for the future, and their recommendations to local, national and international actors. Findings from this study, supported by UNICEF, also contributed to the 10-year Strategic Review of the "Machel Study" on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children.

The report outlines immediate action that is required by the international community, in partnership with the Government of Uganda, local organizations and affected communities, to ensure that young people in the north are empowered to contribute to peace and prosperity in their country. Listening to Youth gives voice to young people's perspectives and recommendations as northern Uganda strives to restore security and rights for all of its citizens-providing critical lessons to the international community in their support to all regions affected by violent conflict.

In addition to the attached summary report, a "Report to Contributors" was developed in response to requests from young people interviewed who wanted to know how the information they shared would be used and what impact it would have. The "Report to Contributors" is available in English and Luo at
http://www.womenscommission.org/resources/index.cfm?limit=sector&limitID=1. We'd greatly appreciate if you would share with your networks and welcome any feedback on the reports.

Additional information about the Women's Commission's work on conflict-affected youth can be found at
http://womenscommission.org/projects/children/index.php.

Sincerely,

Jenny Perlman Robinson & Juliet Young

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