About 300,000 children are used as child soldiers worldwide. Many are sexually assaulted and forced to participate in murders and rapes. When liberated, the children do not know how to function without violence as they have witnessed the killing of parents and been coerced into horrific acts. Child soldiers are prevalent in Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Russia, Turkey, Yugoslavia, Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Chad, Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Lebanon, Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, East Timor, Tajikistan, Papua

1. Child Soldiers

2. About 300,000 children are being used as child soldiers in a lot of armed conflicts around the world.

3. Females may be turned into sex slaves as child soldiers

4. Many children are sexually assaulted, they watch their parents being killed in front of their eyes. They are coerced to participate in murders and rapes. When liberated they don’t know how to act without violence.

5. Child solders around the world Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Russian, Federation Turkey, Yugoslavia, Algeria, Angola, Burundi, Chad, Republic of Congo, Dem. Rep. of the Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Uganda, Iran, Iraq, Israel and Occupied Territories, Lebanon, Afghanistan, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, East Timor, Tajikistan, Papua new Guinea, Uzbekistan

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