Education for Children and Young People formerly Associated with Armed Forces and Armed Groups: Guidance for Teachers and Educators

This guidance is primarily a self-learning tool for teachers and educators in formal, informal, or non-formal education who work with children associated with armed forces and armed groups (CAAFAG). A secondary use is to support policymaking, programming, and training to support teachers and educators working in conflict and post-conflict settings. As it is very unlikely today to find educ tion interventions targeting only CAAFAG, the guidance is provided in the broader context of educating children and young people affected by armed conflict.

The tool builds on a review of existing resources on the reintegration of CAAFAG mostly from the protection sector and practical resources for teachers from the field of education in Emergencies (EiE). It also draws from 17 interviews with researchers and representatives from UN agencies and international and national non-governmental organisations (I) NGOs), including two individuals who were associated with armed forces and armed groups as children who are now pursuing tertiary education and have started their own organisations to work with children and young people affected by conflict.