The Role Of The Media In Stopping The Use Of Child Soldiers Case Study: Northern Uganda

TABLE OF CONTENTS

DECLARATION ..................................................................................... .i DEDICATION ....................................................................................... .ii ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ....................................................................... .iii ABBREVIATIONS: ................................................................................ .iv DEFINITION OF KEY TERMS ............................................................... v CHAPTER ONE ...................................................................................... 1 GENERAL INTRODUCTION ............................................................... 1 1.0 Background Information ............................................................ 1 1.1 Problem Staten1ent ....................................................................... 3 1.2 Ain1 of the Study ........................................................................... 3 1.3 Scope of the Study ........................................................................ 4 1.4 Significance of the Study ........................................................... .4 CI-IAPTER TWO ..................................................................................... 6 LITERATURE REVIEW ............................................................................ 6 2.0 Introduction ....................................................................................... 6 CHAPTER THREE ................................................................................. 12 METHODOLOGY ................................................................................. 12 3.0 Introduction ..................................................................................... 12 3 .1 Research Design ................................................................................ 12 3.2 Population Description ........................................................................ 12 3.3 Sampling Strategies ........................................................................... .12 3.4 Data Collection Methods ...................................................................... 12 3.4.1 Questionnaires ................................................................................ 13 3.4.2 Individual Interviews ........................................................................ 13 3.5 Data Quality Control. .......................................................................... 13 3.6 Data Analysis .................................................................................... 13 3.7 Ethical Considerations ......................................................................... 13 3.8 Limitations of the Study ...................................................................... 14 CHAPTER FOUR .................................................................................. 15 PRESENTATION, ANALYSIS, INTERPRETATION AND DISCUSSION OF, FINDINGS ........................................................................................... 15 4.0 Introduction ...................................................................................... 15 4.1 Characteristics of the Sample ................................................................. 15 4.2 Children at War. ................................................................................ 16 4.3 Armed Political Groups ....................................................................... 16 4.4 War on Children ................................................................................ 16 4.5 Recruitn1ent. ..................................................................................... 17 4.5.2 Forced Recruitment. ........................................................................ 17 4. 6 Factors Leading to Recruitment. ............................................................ 18 4. 7 The Experience of Girls ....................................................................... 18 4.8 The Challenges ofDemobilisation .......................................................... 18 4.9 Uganda Government and International Response ......................................... 19 4.9.1 International Response ..................................................................... 19 4.10 Naming and Shaming ........................................................................ 20 4.11 Prosecution for using Child Soldiers ...................................................... 21