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Rwanda Article - 2025 Early Childhood Matters.pdf   204 KB   1 version
Uploaded - 04-21-2025
Babies born during and after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda are now adults, having babies of their own. More than one million Tutsi were killed during the genocide and hundreds of thousands of survivors were left orphaned, wounded, and/or homeless (National Commission for the Fight against Genocide (CNLG), 2017). The tragedy left a profound psychological impact not only on those who survived the genocide, but also on subsequent generations.

ISWAY Article - 2025 Early Childhood Matters.pdf   415 KB   1 version
Uploaded - 04-21-2025
Twenty-two years have passed since the end of an 11-year, brutal civil war in Sierra Leone. Marked by horrific atrocities, those who survived the war as children are still dealing with the aftermath as they themselves become parents. Funded by the US National Institute of Mental Health, the Intergenerational Study of War-Affected Youth (ISWAY), led by Dr Theresa Betancourt of the Boston College School of Social Work, has followed a cohort of 529 young people and their families since the war ended. ISWAY has documented the pervasive effects of war, while also identifying risk and protective factors that impact health and wellbeing