Sociology · May / June 2017 · Paper 13 · Question 1

Source A Children at war CHILD SOLDIERS Child soldier. Some words don’t belong together. It’s bad enough that children’s lives are torn apart by wars they didn’t start. But when they’re forced into fighting in the conflict themselves, it causes psychological and physical damage that can often never be repaired. Every child has the right to go to school and to live free from violence. Using children as soldiers is a breach of those rights and it is simply wrong. Key facts and statistics about child soldiersTHERE ARE ESTIMATED TO • There are an estimated 250,000 child soldiers in BE 250,000 CHILD • theManyworldrebeltoday.groups use child soldiers to fight the government, but some governments also use child SOLDIERS IN soldiers in armed conflict. THE WORLD. • Not all children take part in active combat. Some 40% OF CHILD • areAs partalsoofusedtheirasrecruitment,porters, cookschildrenand arespies.sometimes forced to kill or hurt a family member – thus SOLDIERS ARE breaking the bonds with their community and making it difficult for them to return home. GIRLS This image is an example of secondary data from the website of the charity ‘War Child’.

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