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Please Note: The postponed January event is to be held as two seperate events. Please see details below for March and click on current programme for details of the event in April 2010

Duncan Society

School of Sociology and Social Policy,
The University of Liverpool,
Eleanor Rathbone Building,
Bedford Street South,
Liverpool L69 7ZA

t: +44 (0)151 794 2986  f: +44 (0)151 794 2997  e-mail: duncan-society@liverpool.ac.uk

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The next FREE event in the Programme

March 2010 

Title: 

'When Children Become Killers:
Child Soldiers in the Civil War in Sierra Leone'

Date & Time: Thursday 25th March 2010
6.00pm  (5.45pm for hot and cold drinks)
Speakers: Professor Alfred Zack-Williams
University of Central Lancashire
Venue: Quaker (Friends) Meeting House,  22 School Lane, next to The Bluecoat,  Liverpool L1 3BT

Summary:

'When Children Become Killers:  Child Soldiers in the Civil War in Sierra Leone'.
The talk will look at the role child combatants play in the recent civil war in Sierra Leone.   Prof Zack-Williams shall look at the causal factors that led children into war, who they were, how they were recruited, why they were recruited, family transformation and children’s vulnerability to social movements.  Finally, he will talk about why should people in stable democracies have concern about the fate of these young children in far away regions of the world.

This event is Free All Welcome!

 A FULL LIST OF EVENTS IN OUR  SPRING-SUMMER PROGRAMME WILL BE AVAILABLE SHORTLY 

If you would like more information about the Society or a copy of the latest programme please email the Administrator at: Duncan-Society@liv.ac.uk or write to the address above.

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Stimulating debate, discussion and understanding on
issues and policies which affect people's health and well-being

Named after Dr William Henry Duncan (1805-1863), Liverpool’s renowned and pioneering Medical Officer of Health during the 19th century, the Society was formed in 1998.

Its purpose is to stimulate debate, discussion and understanding on issues and policies which affect the health and quality of life of the people of Merseyside and Cheshire.

The Duncan Society makes a special contribution through its capacity to bring together community activists, experts of various kinds, professionals, managers and the general public.