Countering the Militarisation of Youth - Conference Reader

Content

• Conference programme
• About the workshops

• Countering the Militarisation of Youth - A new area of work for War Resisters' International
• Counter-recruitment in the USA

Analysing militarisation

• Publicity campaigns in public spaces
• Militarization and masculinities. Refusing militarism is not possible without refusing hegemonic masculinity
• Army recruiters visit London's poorest schools most often

Country examples

• Chile: The Militarization of Young People in Chile
• On militarisation in Colombia
• Israel: The life story of a true Israeli: On the militarisation of youth in Israel
• Venezuela: Militarisation of youth in Bolivarian Venezuela
• South Africa: Stop drift towards militarisation of brave new democracy

Military in schools

• Documentation: GEW: The Bundeswehr (German Federal Armed Forces) and Schools: Driving back influence - Political education is the task of teachers
• Documentation: Military free schools in Germany
• Documentation: National Union of Teachers (NUT) - Resolution at NUT conference, 2008

Resisting militarisation of youth

• Queer resistance: obama’s war on queer and trans youth

Veterans

• Civilian Ally: Veterans as an Affected Population

Rights of the Child

• Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict
• Example: Committee on the Rights of the Child on the United Kingdom
• Example: Committee on the Rights of the Child on the USA

• Practical information