Female Ex-Combatants Find Livelihoods, Acceptance in Burundi

Publisher:
World Bank
Publication Date:
19 September 2013
Tags:
Burundi, Conflict, Peace and Security, Women and Gender

Female ex-combatants from Burundi's civil conflict are finding livelihoods, social support and acceptance through the Government of Burundi's Demobilization and Transitional Reintegration Project supported by the World Bank and the Governments of Belgium, the Netherlands and Norway. The World Bank's Multi-donor Trust Funded initiative LOGiCA -- the Learning on Gender and Conflict in Africa Program - has been working with the Project to ensure the different needs of women and men are reflected in activities to support ex-combatants' peaceful return to society.

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