The facts
~40% of child soldiers are girls and they are kidnapped
~Young girls are kidnapped so they can be made the commanders "wife."
~Girls are used as porters or cooks.
~Girls are used as messengers or spies.
~Some of them are used for suicide missions
~In addition to fighting; girls are often subjected to sexual abuse.
~About 30% of armed groups use girl soldiers
~From January 1999 there was a total of 6,676 male and female 16 and 17 year olds and over 128,000 cadets from the ages of 10-16 in training school around the United States.
~For some girls belonging to an illegal armed group give them a sense of power and control that they may not otherwise experience living in a relatively conservation, 'machista' society.
~The women are used for about 6 to 7 years in combat, compared to boys who are used for about 3.
~Used for spies, combatants, domestics, porters, and "bush wives"
~Often are found to be following along, rather than recruited
~Girls do not show as much of a threat when given a gun compared to boys
~There is often a rule of 'one member per house", and men are preferred because they are considered life insurance.
~Young girls are kidnapped so they can be made the commanders "wife."
~Girls are used as porters or cooks.
~Girls are used as messengers or spies.
~Some of them are used for suicide missions
~In addition to fighting; girls are often subjected to sexual abuse.
~About 30% of armed groups use girl soldiers
~From January 1999 there was a total of 6,676 male and female 16 and 17 year olds and over 128,000 cadets from the ages of 10-16 in training school around the United States.
~For some girls belonging to an illegal armed group give them a sense of power and control that they may not otherwise experience living in a relatively conservation, 'machista' society.
~The women are used for about 6 to 7 years in combat, compared to boys who are used for about 3.
~Used for spies, combatants, domestics, porters, and "bush wives"
~Often are found to be following along, rather than recruited
~Girls do not show as much of a threat when given a gun compared to boys
~There is often a rule of 'one member per house", and men are preferred because they are considered life insurance.