Essays Tagged: "Military use of children"

CHILD SOLDIERS

, paramilitaries, civil militia and other armed groups. Millions of children worldwide also receive military training and indoctrination in youth movements and even in their schools.Many governments a ... d 'catch' with her head.Apart from the risk of death or injury, child soldiers suffer terribly from military life. Younger children can collapse under heavy loads. Malnutrition, respiratory and skin i ...

(4 pages) 58 0 3.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues

Child Soldiers: An Expos

he Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers]" PARA 1). While these include government-backed paramilitary groups, militias, and self-defense units in many conflict zones, the majority remains invol ... September 2008, the Lord's Resistance Army's attacks have become more numerous and cruel, provoking military action against the insurgent group ("History of the War" PARA 12). Unfortunately, the world ...

(13 pages) 24 0 5.0 Feb/2010

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Discussion of Former Child Soldiers With Ptsd and the Available Treatment Methods

dan, where an ambush ensued and James got away. Marching long distances was an initiation technique used by the Lord's Resistance Army in order to herd out the weaker boys. If a boy was too tired to g ... dier who has a dream of growing up to be a politician. One 'feral-child terrorist" among 250, 000 abused children in the world, brutalized into becoming soldiers of war. The writer's strongest point i ...

(8 pages) 42 0 0.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology

Child Soldiers Speech

nd a high mortality rate, children are often used as soldiers.The government, rebel groups, and paramilitary militias would often abduct children and force them to be child soldiers. Often, they use f ...

(3 pages) 40 0 4.0 Apr/2010

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Current Issues