A Psychosocial Approach to Understand the Reintegration Process of Female Child Soldiers in Nepal Open Access
Bhattarai, Niharika (2012)
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Abstract
Psychosocial Approach to Understand the Reintegration Process
of Female Child
Soldiers in Nepal
Background: There is limited research regarding the
experience female child soldiers
endure and how it influences the reintegration process in Nepal.
Past research on child
soldiers highlight the mental health issues that stem from their
traumatic experiences of
and evisceration of social structures. Also, past studies regarding
child soldiers used a
psychosocial approach to address the psychological and social
problems child soldiers
encounter.
Objectives: The purpose of the qualitative analysis was to
examine how female child
soldiers' experiences influence the reintegration process to
provide evidence based
psychosocial recommendations to improve their wellbeing.
Methods: We performed a secondary thematic analysis of 11
in-depth interviews with
former female child soldiers of the People's Liberation Army in
Nepal.
Results: Several overarching themes emerged from the
interviews, including how the
recruitment process, being a female in war, marriage, and education
influenced the
female child soldier's reintegration process and ultimately their
psychosocial wellbeing.
Female child soldiers stated the need for a new identity split from
their child soldier
identity, and community support to ameliorate their reintegration
into Nepalese society.
Conclusions: Female child soldiers in Nepal encounter
psychological and social
problems as a consequence of their experience surrounding their
time in the People's
Liberation Army (PLA), which influenced their reintegration process
and ultimately their
psychosocial wellbeing. To ensure the psychosocial well-being,
female child soldiers
expressed the need for community acceptance, delayed marriage and
access to
educational and health services to ensure an optimal reintegration
process .
Table of Contents
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Nepal's Female Child Soldier 2
Research Questions 3
Study Purpose 3
Literature Review
Use of Children as Soldiers 5
Defining Child Soldiers 7
Female Child Soldiers 8
Psychosocial Research on Child Soldiers 9
Case Study of Psychosocial Support during the Reintegration
Process of Child Soldiers in Sierra Leone 11
Case Study of Psychosocial Support during the Reintegration
Process of Child Soldiers in Mozambique 12
Nepal's People War and Use of Child Soldiers 13
Methods 17
Study Design 17
Study Population 18
Data Collection 18
Data Analysis 20
Secondary Data Limitations 23
Results 24
Experiences in the Pre-War Stage that Influence Reintegration
24
Experiences in the During War Stage that Influence Reintegration
27
Experiences in the Post War Stage that Influence Reintegration
29
Child's Soldiers Perceptions on How to Facilitate the
Reintegration
Process 36
Discussion 38
Public Health Implications 44
Future Research 46
Study Limitations 46
Conclusion 47
References 48
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