PHOTO: NIGERIA: In 1997 in Nigeria, three boys who used to live on the streets sit together holding mugs at a remand home for young offenders or abandoned children in Lagos, the country’s commercial capital. Some 10,000 children live on the city’s streets. From broken homes or extremely poor families, they often cannot find steady jobs and are at high risk of turning to drugs or becoming involved in crimes or other violence. (UNICEF/ HQ97-1159/Giacomo Pirozzi)
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UNICEF. (September 2004). TRANSFORMING VIOLENT CONFLICT AND BUILDING PEACE, WCAR WORKSHOP REPORT (DRAFT), Dakar, Senegal: UNICEF.

Minutes of a conference held in Dakar, Senegal. Important UN-staff as well as political and religious leaders were discussing different topics about armed conflict and peace building in West Africa such as: General overview over the situation and definition of used terms, civil society and media, children and young people, policy makers, wrap up, recommendations and next steps.
Each discussion round was followed by a question-answer session.


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