Conflict, Combatants, and Cash: Economic Reintegration and Livelihoods of Ex-combatants in Nepal

Conflict, disaster and changing gender roles in Nepal: women’s everyday experiences

“…Different parties had their own vested interests in this issue and building consensus among them posed a big challenge. The initial six-month timeframe for completing the DDR process (2007)(2008)(2009)(2010)(2011)(2012) took nearly five years (Subedi 2014).…”

“…With the completion of the registration and verification process, Maoist ex-combatants were categorised as either 'verified' (yogya) or 'disqualified' (ayogya). The verification process was controversial because disqualified combatants claimed that the set criteria for verification from their own leadership abandoned them and disregarded their service in the Maoist war (NIPS 2013, Subedi 2014.…”

“…This group was discharged immediately, in 2007, much earlier than the 'verified' combatants, who were completely demobilised only in 2012. At the time, there was considerable media attention on the disqualified combatants as they protested over their situation, giving rise to concern from scholars and development agencies (Subedi 2014c;2014a). The rehabilitation of disqualified ex-combatants became strongly politicised and this affected their reintegration process (Subedi 2014c;2014a).…”

“…At the time, there was considerable media attention on the disqualified combatants as they protested over their situation, giving rise to concern from scholars and development agencies (Subedi 2014c;2014a). The rehabilitation of disqualified ex-combatants became strongly politicised and this affected their reintegration process (Subedi 2014c;2014a). The Maoist party rejected a proposal from the government and the UN to collect baseline information of disqualified ex-combatants on their existing skills, educational capacity and interests, suggesting that any economic rehabilitation training was not based on real needs and failed to meet the demands of this group.…”

“…This, in turn, resulted in an extreme job crisis for disqualified combatants. However, it is important to note that these studies were based on narratives of male ex-combatants (Subedi 2014c;2014a.…”