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Child Soldiers: Understanding Their Reality and How You Can Make a Difference

Child soldiers represent a harsh reality for over 200,000 children worldwide, as defined by UNICEF. This includes both boys and girls under 18, who are involved in armed groups or forces in various roles, from fighters to support roles like cooks and messengers. The recruitment often involves forced conscription, including sexual exploitation and forced marriage. Learn about the plight of these children across 16 countries and discover 8 actionable ways you can advocate for children’s rights and be the change they need, from using technology to volunteering in your community.

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Child Soldiers: Understanding Their Reality and How You Can Make a Difference

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  1. The child soldier

  2. Who is this man?

  3. #bethechange 5 Days of Freedom

  4. Children’s Rights

  5. 1998

  6. myth

  7. reality

  8. New definition • UNICEF defines a ‘child soldier’ as any child – boy or girl – under 18 years of age, who is part of any kind of regular or irregular armed force or armed group in any capacity, including, but not limited to: cooks, porters, messengers, and anyone accompanying such groups other than family members. It includes girls and boys recruited for forced sexual purposes and/or forced marriage. The definition, therefore, does not only refer to a child who is carrying, or has carried, weapons. (Based on the ‘Cape Town Principles’, 1997)

  9. 2013 Afghanistan, Burma, Central African Republic, Chad, Colombia, DRC, India, Iraq, Peru, Phillipnes, Somalia, Syria, Sudan, South Sudan, Thailand, Yemen 16 COUNTRIES AND 200,000 + CHILD SOLDIERS

  10. Children’s rights?

  11. 8 things you can do RIGHT NOW/ TODAY to make a difference • Use your access to technology to give voice! • On April 18- BE SILENT! • At School- get involved through clubs and organizations • Get Political- hold our leaders accountable! • In Local/Global Community- volunteer! • Get a REAL job! • Read Up • Follow & ReTweet

  12. must reads

  13. must follows #bethechange • War Child Canada @WarChildCan • ChildSoldiers.org @ChildSoldiers • W2I @W2IProject • UNICEF ‏ @UNICEF • AmnestyInternational ‏@amnesty • Free The Children @freethechildren • Child Soldiers Int. ‏ @ChildSoldiersIn • Human Rights Watch ‏ @hrw • child rights (CRIN) ‏ @CRINwire

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