Child Soldier
According to child-soldier.org, over the last ten years, two million children have been killed in conflicts. Over one million have been orphaned, over six million have been seriously injured or permanently disabled, and over ten million have been left with serious psychological trauma. About 40% of child soldiers in the world happened to be girls. The risk of sexual abuses, rape, and even becoming sex slaves for the adults soldiers are remarkably high for these girls child soldiers. This is really cruel and unacceptable. War had affected every aspect of a child's development.
Child soldiers are children under the age of 18 who fight in conflicts. Most of the children who are involved in conflicts are forced by adults or members of non-state actors that will threaten them if they refused to join. The heartbreaking part is that they are brainwashed, or even drugged, so that they want to fight for the groups.
Children are pressured to economic and cultural pressures. Many of them join the group in order to receive daily food to survive because they live in extreme poverty. Many children believed that they will be offered income, food, and security. Many children think violence is something normal because they have been exposed to terrible things that occur in warzones everyday. It is sad that they did everything without knowing the consequences and dangers that they are going to face in these war zones.
In conclusion, child soldiers is really cruel and unacceptable practice. Most of the children are forced to be involved in heart wrenching conditions. Some of them join the group just to receive daily food for survival. Moreover, they are brainwashed or even drugged, which affects every aspect of the children’s development. Therefore, we need to take action in order to stop the use of child soldiers.
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