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The Department of War Studies at King’s College London hosts a wide range of research, policy, advisory, teaching and training activities relating to conflict, security and development and which enable it to serve as a true bridge between academic scholarship and real world decision-making in these fields. These activities are managed by two different units: the Conflict, Security and Development Group (CSDG) and the Conflict, Security and Development Research Group. The two units collaborate closely on the Department’s teaching and publication activities.
CSDG was established as an autonomous research, policy and training unit in 1999 and attached to the Department of War Studies in 2006. CSDG is dedicated to enhancing complementarity between home-grown and external responses to the security and development challenges facing countries in the Global South and, as such, has a strong policy and operational focus. The Conflict, Security and Development Research Group serves as a focal point for the Department’s research activities, workshops and teaching, including a Masters Programme on Conflict, Security and Development. |
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Mentoring Camp for Girls - Dr ’Funmi Olonisakin, CSDG Director, and Eka Ikpe, Research Associate, participated in the December 2009 Mentoring Camp for Girls as mentors from 13th -17th of December 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Mentoring Camp for Girls is an innovative project that provides a forum for promoting personal transformation and empowerment of young African girls, and is aimed at increasing their potential to become key players in facilitating transformative change on the African continent.
HIV/AIDS and Gender-based violence - Eka Ikpe, CSDG Research Associate, participated in a workshop on ’Responding to HIV/AIDS and gender-based violence in conflict and post-conflict settings in Africa’ hosted by the Urgent Action Fund, Africa and Isis Women’s International Cross Cultural Exchange (Issis-WICCE) from 7th-9th December 2009 in Nairobi, Kenya. The Workshop was convened to share the findings of a two-year research project on interlinkages between HIV/AIDS, gender-based violence and conflict.
Security Sector Accountability and Police Reform in the DRC-Dylan Hendrickson was in the Democratic Republic of Congo from 8-15 December 2009 to work on developing a methodology for a Strategic Governance and Security Assessment which CSDG is contributing to as part of the DFID-led Security Sector Accountability and Police Reform Programme.
UN Roster of SSR Experts-Dr Funmi Olonisakin, CSDG Director, and Dylan Hendrickson, Senior Research Fellow, attended a two-day meeting organized by the United Nations SSR Unit where members of the newly-established 'SSR Roster' were briefed on the UN's approach to SSR. The meeting took place in Geneva from 3-4 December 2009.
SSR in the Democratic Republic of Congo-Dylan Hendrickson, Senior Research Fellow and Missak Kasongo of Securitas Congo co-presented a paper on 'Strategic Challenges Facing Security Sector Reform in the Democratic Republic of Congo' at a conference co-organized by the Open Society Initiative South Africa (OSISA) and the Center for International Cooperation (CIC), New York University, in Kinshasa from 2-3 November 2009.
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