1. (1) WHY ENGAGING WITH YOUTH IS IMPORTANT IN PEACE-BUILDING
1.1 'children are active in the construction and determination of their own social lives, the lives of those around them and the societies in which they live' (James & Prout, 1997, p.8)
1.2 Democracy
1.3 Regional stability
1.3.1 Security
1.3.2 Independence
1.3.3 Nation building
1.4 Social stability
1.4.1 Impacts on individuals
Physical
Emotional
1.4.2 Impacts on communities
Marginalization
Alienation
Discrimination
1.4.3 Involvement of youth in conflicts
As agents
As victims
1.5 Sustainability
1.5.1 Economic
1.5.2 Political
1.5.3 Socio-cultural
1.5.4 Environmental
1.6 Continuing violence
1.6.1 Experienced
1.6.2 Perpetrated
1.7 Stereotyping
1.7.1 Vulnerability
1.7.2 Trauma
1.7.3 Lack of capacity
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