Paper 4: Synthesis Worldwide the use of child soldiers is a serious issue. Today there are about 300,000 children as young as nine years old involved in armed conflicts all around the globe. These children are living under constant fears of being trapped in an ambush, landmines or gunfire. Girls are used as well in fact approximately one third of child soldiers are girls, they are given the same job as the boys but are used as a sex slaves and forced to be the “wives” of their commanders. Girls are
At that time they very need people who is younger to be a soldier for the war. Every kid they teach them how to use the gun event they skull. Many nations they had do this to their people who live in that nation 's. States it is not much of a problem mostly because here we have child labor laws. Child soldiers are not really a problem in the U.S because of our Labor laws. They have to do this too their child because they are pool, so they need to do this too let their kid get out and find himself
Child Soldiers Child soldiers are children under the age 18 that are recruited used by an armed force in any capacity, including but not limited to children, boys, and girls used as fighters, cooks, porters, messengers spies and the girls are used for sexual purposes. Some children present themselves to join armed groups in a way for them to get away from being poor and insecurity. No child should be taken away from their parents just because they want to take them for unsafe reasons. Child soldiers
Throughout this paper you will realize the extremes that children go through as a child soldier. You will learn how militaries and armed groups gain so many children to help battle. MAny children are recruited and trained through school systems, some is bribing, voluntarily to get revenge or other reason and finally by force or kidnapping is a main reason children end up being involved in war. To some, it is surprising that minors join voluntarily and give their service. This paper gives more of
images does the term “child” create when spoken? A child is defined as any person under the age of 18. Typically in the earlier years of childhood, children are still learning social norms for their various cultures. It is this vulnerability which allows for the development of child soldiers, a child being associated with any type of armed group with sex being no exception. Although youth are typically between the ages of 13 and 18 there are recorded cases of child soldiers being as young as 7 years
other countries. In the novel, innocents were also being affected by the outside world. Timothy Findley tried to teach us that being innocent will only create chaos around us. We should acknowledge the dangers of the world and grow up. First, the main character, Robert Ross, was an innocent child at the beginning of the novel. He loved his sister, Rowena, and felt guilty not being able to save her. He then decided to enlist the army because he wanted to protect innocents in order to redeem himself
Child soldiers have become very common in places of constant war or combat. With the need for more soldiers as others die off, the juvenile population in places such as West Africa and the Middle East is plentiful and available. Military recruiters in these regions specifically look into children because of their “immaturity and basic curiosity which makes them susceptible” and easily influenced (Somasundaram 1269). Commonly, child soldiers don’t have a choice if they
there, getting involved and says how many countries are supporting child soldiers to work with them. The program has maintained a long-standing will to be involved to end the use of child soldiers. We have worked with the leading international coalitions, as well as with musicians and writers who draw on their harrowing experiences as child soldiers for inspiration. Despite unified international opposition to the use of child soldiers in armed conflicts, the phenomenon remains a serious problem today
Child soldiers are victims of cruel recruiters who take advantage of their innocence, forcing them to commit acts that no child should ever experience. They are given drugs to brainwash them and make them unaware of what they are doing (Helping to heal child soldiers). The only things they know are the orders they’re given, orders that they can either follow or be killed (Child Soldiers: Victims or Perpetrators). Child soldiers should be given amnesty as it is unjust to prosecute a child for actions
and unheard of, it is estimated that there are as many as 300,000 child soldiers in the world today. These statistics may seem alarming to you, but that is just a fraction of how many children in general are being exploited as we speak. Prior to the publishing of various books describing the plight of child soldiers such as A Long Way Gone by Ishmael Beah and War Child by Emanuel Jal; the world knew very little about how child soldiers lived, ate, slept and trained. To my surprise, each book stated