Irma Specht is an anthropologist with expertise in the field of the reintegration of ex-combatants and child soldiers. She is the co-author of Young soldiers: why they choose to fight (2004), and Red Shoes, experiences of girl combatants in Liberia ( 2006). She is currently the Director of Transition International, a consultancy firm based in the Netherlands.

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