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Child Female Soldiers

By: Meryl Feys

Female Child Soldiers is very wrong, girls face rape humiliation and a lot more. All around the world kids go in Wars, fighting for their country. Many are female.

To get fed

To have shelter

To express their anger

Being forced to join

Many former child soldiers is exacerbated for female children, these children usually face situations of rape, sexual abuse and humiliation. These girls are forced to have a sexual relationship, or else they may be shot, injured, or beaten. These girls are taken by force, no arguing allowed.

Most of these girls return home with unexpected children. They can come back with HIV/ AIDS. Female child soldiers are usually victims of sexual abuse, which ignores the fact that they are highly valued military. The girls cannot attend school having to support their children.

Kids fight in Sierra Leone, Libreia, Congo, Sudan, Sri Lanka, Afghanistan, Burma and more. ("Child Soldiers | Children of Conflict | BBC World Service") Theres about 250,000 just in Uganda.

How many child soldiers are there in Uganda?

About 250,000

Diseases you could get?

HIV and AIDS.

Reasons Children join the military.

a.) To get Fed

b.) To have Shelter

c.) To express their anger

d.) Being forced to join

e.) All of the above

Answer: e.) All of the above

Child Soldiers come from what kind of Countries?

Countries that are very poor and do not have enough protection for war.

True or False:

The Females are only used in Combat.

FALSE

In this Video she will tell us how it is to be a Child Soldier.

Works Cited

"At UN, Former Female Child Soldiers Call for Action to Address the Scourge." Welcome to the United Nations: It's Your World. UN News Sevice, n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.

"Child Soldiers | Children of Conflict | BBC World Service." BBC - Homepage. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Apr. 2013.

Fitts, Spc. Jennifer. "Female Soldiers Protecting Convoys." United States Military Information. N.p., 1 Apr. 2009. Web. 10 Apr. 2013.

Heartland Alliance. "Burundi Female Former Child Soldier Reintegration - Heartland Alliance." Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights - Heartland Alliance. N.p., n.d. Web. 19 Apr. 2013.

Heartland Alliance. "Burundi Female Former Child Soldier Reintegration - Heartland Alliance." Heartland Alliance for Human Needs and Human Rights - Heartland Alliance. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Apr. 2013.

"Humanitarian News and Analysis." IRINnews. N.p., n.d. Web. 02 May 2013.

Leibig, Abigail. "Girl Child Soldiers in Northern Uganda: DoCurrent Legal Frameworks Offer Sufficient Protection." Northwestern Law: Northwestern University Law School. Northwestern University, 8 Apr. 2005. Web. 18 Apr. 2013.

McElrath, Jessica. "Cathay Williams - Profile of Female Buffalo Soldier Cathay Williams." African-American History. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Apr. 2013.

Veale, Angela. From Child Soldier to Ex-Fighter Female Fighters, Demobilisation and Reintegration in Ethiopia. N.p.: n.p., n.d. Www.iss.co.za. Web. 16 Apr. 201

Child soldiers came to be from countries that do not have enough protection for war. They decided to put in children. Children are handed guns, killing people. They also give them drugs, and alcohol to feel relief, also kids are taught to kill, to feel no shame and walk away. Many of the victims run deep in betrayal, to go kill the ones who killed their family.

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Why do kids join the military?

To get fed, to have shelter, to express their anger and also being forced.

Reasons Children Join the Military

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