Les filles-soldats : trajectoires d'après-guerre en Sierra Leone

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Si l’analyse de la guerre au Liberia et en Sierra Leone a souvent mis en exergue la crise de la jeunesse, l’analyse a plus porté sur les hommes comme victimes ou combattants. Il s’agit ici d’étudier des trajectoires de femmes engagées à un titre ou à un autre dans ces conflits et de s’interroger sur le peu d’attention que leur cas a suscité lors de la mise en œuvre des programmes de démobilisation.

Post-war Trajectories for Girls associated with the Fighting Forces in Sierra LeoneThough the centrality of the « crisis of youth » theme to the war in this region was established by the mid-1990s, the focus usually was on young men as victims and combatants. This article focuses on post-conflict outcomes for girls associated with the fighting. Though girls were involved in similar numbers and in many of the same war activities as their male counterparts, their specific roles as sexual partners added a moralistic dimension to the discourse about their responsibilities in war. This resulted in their neglect in formal demobilization programs, where only some 5 % of participants were female.