Dallaire Institute's Podcast
Children Peace and Security is a new podcast series produced by the Dallaire Institute for Children, Peace and Security. Producers at the Dallaire Institute bring together subject matter experts on the recruitment and use of children in conflicts, combined with individual testimonies, and all those interested in ending the recruitment and use of children in conflict through in-depth interviews and storytelling. Dallaire Institute guests will explore new ideas on everything including training, advocacy and new research findings to help prevent the recruitment and use of children.
Dallaire Institute's Podcast
Empowering Youth to end cycles of violence.
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Episode 6
In this episode, we focus on the voices of youth. We will hear the story of Nassu Kanden, abducted by rebel fighters in Sierra Leone when she was only 14.
We discuss the impact of armed conflict on children with members of the Dallaire Institute’s youth advisory committee.
Masai Ujiri (President of the Toronto Raptors, founder of the Giants of Africa, and member of the Dallaire Institute International Advisory Council) talks about empowering young people.
And, the Dallaire Institute’s research advisor and doctoral student Dustin Johnson, explains why his research is critical to preventing the recruitment and use of child soldiers.