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Children in the military, including state armed forces, non-state armed groups, and other military organizations, may be trained for combat, assigned to support roles, such as cooks, porters/couriers, or messengers, or used for tactical advantage such as for human shields, or for political advantage in propaganda.
Children were kidnapped and used extensively during the civil war of 1993–2005. [23] In 2004 hundreds of child soldiers were in the Forces Nationales pour la Libération (FNL), an armed rebel, Hutu group. [24] Children between the ages of 10 and 16 were also conscripted by the Burundese military. [25]
Articles about individuals who served as soldiers as children. For general coverage of military use of children , see the related Category:Children in the military . Subcategories
Articles relating to children in the military.Child soldiers within state armed forces, non-state armed groups, and other military organizations may be trained and used for combat, assigned to support roles such as porters or messengers, or used for tactical advantage as human shields or for political advantage in propaganda.
In a 2004 study of children in military organizations around the world, Rachel Brett and Irma Specht pointed to a complex of factors that incentivize joining an armed group, particularly: Background poverty including a lack of civilian education or employment opportunities; The cultural normalization of war; Seeking new friends;
Pages in category "Children in war" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. ... Military brat (U.S. subculture) ... Wikipedia® is a registered ...
Das tragische Schicksal deutscher Besatzungskinder in Frankreich (Children of Shame. The tragic fate of children in France whose fathers were members of the occupying German military) (in German), München, Zürich: Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-04697-8; Heela Najibullah (2017), Reconciliation and Social Healing in Afghanistan.
The Free Children from War Conference was a conference co-hosted by the French government and UNICEF on 5–6 February 2007 in Paris, France. The goal of the conference was to bring together countries , non-governmental organizations , and international organizations to discuss the issue of child soldiers .