Executive summary
- Author: Marisa O. Ensor
- Main Title: Displaced Youth’s Role in Sustainable Return , pp 9-11
- Publication Date: June 2013
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18356/72ae4c95-en
- Language: English
This report presents the findings of a research project on the reintegration of refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) returning to South Sudan since the signing of the 2005 Peace Agreement, an internationally mediated accord that marked the end of Africa’s longest-running civil war in recent history and paved the way for the secession of the South from the Khartoum-based Northern Government. More specifically, the study focuses on the role played by displaced youth as they find themselves differentially situated vis-à-vis the various determinants of sustainable return and reintegration. The research found that intergenerational tensions are resulting from many displaced youths’ aspirations to a “modern” – often meaning urban – way of life perceived as incompatible with traditional livelihoods and social relations. In turn, these dynamics are impacting the way in which access to material assets, education, employment opportunities, political participation and other key resources is negotiated among displaced groups and those who stayed behind. Significant gender differences are also evident.
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