Argumentative Essay On Child Brides

The article states, “We first met in Jordan’s Zaatari refugee camp, where Syrian girls as young as 12 and 13 are being married off to older men. For these girls’ families, marriage is seen as a way to protect their daughters from poverty and violence (Almellehan, Yousafzai).” Even though the genre of this article is nonfiction, readers can still see how social issues affect people. In this case, readers are shown that girls are sent off to be married at the age of 12 or 13. Most readers do not agree with this; therefore, they may do something to stop

As previously stated, child soldiers are typically viewed as more easily replaced than other soldiers. In turn, this leads to more brutal punishments and a lack of consideration for their wellbeing. The punishments inflicted on the children are similar or worse than the ones inflicted on their adult counterparts which imposes damage that is more destructive to a child than to an adult (Sierra Leone’s Former Child Soldiers). Additionally, the Revolutionary United Front used drugs and alcohol in order to control children and increase their intensity and because of this, many children quickly became addicts. A former child soldier, Ishamael Beah spoke of his experience of cocaine and marijuana withdrawal after being taken off the battle field

At the ripe young age of sixteen, Janie is forced, by her grandma, into a marriage she did not want. She is raised “From the traditional views of the grandmother” (Maupin) so Janie must comply to Nanny’s wishes. Janie is considered a woman at her age. When Nanny sees Janie kissing a boy, old memories re-emerge that remind Nanny of how herself and her daughter were raped. She wants a better life for Janie than her own, so she immediately arranges for Janie to marry off. This is not an uncommon practice in this society to marry off at this age.

On average half of the children who are fighting on rebel armies in africa were kidnapped and forced to take drugs, most of these kids are not even 15 years old but they have to fight or they will be killed by the rebel commanders. If any of these children escape the war they may have many years to a life time of PTSD and become scarred for life. From this I believe that child soldiers are victims and should not be punished by what rebels force them to do.

If child soldiers should not be held accountable for their actions, then neither should adults. Which, could be a reason why society continues, time and time again, to charge children as adults in times of war. So that they can punish both parties without looking like the bad guy. Is that just, to punish children for fighting in a war? These children have already gone through very, very hard times. Most of their parents have died, and then they were threatened to either join the war efforts or die. Once the children join the war, they are forced to do drugs and kill people. Unlike most adult soldiers who join for a “cause.” Therefore, the reason why we shouldn’t punish children for wars they can’t control, is because they never willingly went to war, they’ve gone through sufferable trauma, and it’d be more helpful if people listened to them instead of punishing them automatically.

Child Soldiers Most Americans don’t want war in America, the sad fact is that it is already here. In the sad issue of child soldiers first arose in World War One and has stuck around in many foreign countries. America has fought the war of deciding whether or not the child soldiers should be put on trial for killing American soldiers. The issue of Child soldiers is complicated and there are very plausible point for both arguments.

In my English class we studied and analyzed “ The ‘saddest bride I have ever seen': Child marriage is as popular

Since the 1970’s many countries like Afghanistan, iraq, and Somalia have been using child soldiers as fighters, cooks, spies, suicide bombers, etc. However, many people today are questioning whether we should prosecute these child soldiers for their war crimes, or give them amnesty. The question of whether or not to prosecute these children is intrinsically linked to the way we lawfully handle situations, and how we see these children after their war crimes. As a result, this matter is an extremely contentious one and has allured a lot of discussion. This essay will review some of the disputations on why prosecution is a convenient way to handle this, and will outline some of the problems with this situation. It will then state a number of

A child soldier is any person male or female ages eighteen and under, who is a member of an armed force or political group. The children are usually serving as soldiers from ages eight to eighteen. Thousands of children serve in different armed rebel groups around the world. There are more than 300 thousand child soldiers around the continent, fighting in South America, Africa, and even parts of Europe and Asia. Recruitment and utilization of children under fifteen is illicit.

One of the worlds major humanitarian problems is the use of children as soldiers. Predominantly seen in African countries, the use of these children as soldiers has and will keep changing millions of lives for the worse.

Child soldiers are being seen more and more in places like Sierra Leone, when young boys from age eight on up are trained in the art of warfare. However, do these children face prosecution for war crimes? In this essay, I will try to convince you that child soldiers are the perpetrators of violence and should face the same punishments as child soldiers.

Childhood is a time of learning and developing skills that only comes once, and is very important. Sadly, hundreds of thousands of children aren’t getting that essential childhood time of proper development. In many third world countries children are being recruited and used as soldiers, which is taking away their time of development. “The United Nations (UN) reports that at least three hundred thousand children are involved in armed conflicts…” (Gale Student Resources). This could mean they actually fight or they are used or abused, and either way it messes with their young minds. Child conscription is not only a violation of certain laws, but a violation of a child’s right to grow up in a safe, undisturbed environment. Humanitarians everywhere see how vital it is that a child grows up the right way with the right surroundings, which doesn’t happen as a child soldier. Either way,

Abortion has always been an incredibly controversial topic. It has been one of the most widely discussed issues in the American culture for decades. Abortion is a discussion of human interaction, in which emotions, ethics, and law all come together. In many cases, people on both sides of the argument have valid points and take moral positions. A pro-choice position would assert that the decision to terminate a pregnancy lies the mother and that the government has no right to interfere or step in and make that decision. On the other hand, the position of pro-life advocates argue that life begins at the moment of conception. They believe that because the embryo or fetus is a human life and that one has no moral right to abort it. This theory argues that this human has no power or say in the matter and is rendered helpless from advocating for itself. Although abortion is a morally and emotionally charged issues, it is ultimately protected under the 14th amendment. The most common reasons for abortion include but are not limited to, teen pregnancy, rape, and health issues.

Imagine you were one of the 300,000 child soldiers from as young as even 7 years old who served in one of the many armed forces where you would fight and kill many innocent people thinking you were doing it for a good cause. Everyday of your life you see dead bodies you and your rebel group have killed. Many children under the age of 18 go to sleep with peace and love, some children go to sleep knowing they are in a war where they are killing innocent lives. While this is happening, there has been an increase in number and in power of multiple rebel groups. Children are forced by commanders through drugs and things which you can’t even imagine, to kill innocent civilians, and even their own families. There are multiple perspectives on this issue and this issue has yes and no for amnesty and not amnesty. Some critics say that some child soldiers are perpetrators and some believe that child soldiers know that they are killing innocent people which some child soldiers believe killing is right. However, I do believe in the critics who say that some child soldiers are not innocent. I do believe that some who are older than the age of 13 years old and can take consequences for their killing and do know what they are doing. But those that are under 13 years old are innocent and still lack mental maturity and don’t understand what they are doing which means they are brainwashed to believe that what they are doing is right. If they’re under 13 years old and have proven not to be a

The teen pregnancy rate had decreased by the maximum of about 55 percent. Most teen birth rates had also gone down about 64 percent, but yet teen pregnancies and birth rate for teenagers ages 15-19 in the U.S still remains one of the highest comparable countries. Due to parenthood, most of teen moms drop out of school. More than 50% of teen mothers never graduate to get their diploma. Sexually active teens that don’t use any type of protection has a 90 percent chance of becoming pregnant within a year, 84 percent of teen pregnancies are unplanned.