Forgotten Casualties of War: Girls in Armed Conflict

Friday, April 1, 2005
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Save the Children

Save the Children is today calling on world leaders to better protect the large numbers of vulnerable and innocent girls whose lives are destroyed every year by conflict, with the launch a new report ‘"Forgotten Casualties of War: Girls in Armed Conflict". The report identifies a ‘"hidden army" of girls, some as young as eight, who are abducted against their will to live life in the army. The roles of the girls vary from being actual soldiers through to serving as porters, cleaners and cooks. Almost all are forced to serve as sex slaves or "wives".

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Forgotten Casualties of War: Girls in Armed Conflict, Save the Children (2005).