the child soldier. who is this man? #bethechange 5 days of freedom
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The child soldier
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Who is this man?
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#bethechange
5 Days of Freedom
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Children’s Rights
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1998
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myth
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reality
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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)
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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
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Children’s rights?
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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
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must reads
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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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