{"id":861,"date":"2013-06-12T11:29:34","date_gmt":"2013-06-12T11:29:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.244.58\/~transjc8\/ti\/?p=861"},"modified":"2022-01-11T17:28:05","modified_gmt":"2022-01-11T16:28:05","slug":"vestibulum-ante-ipsum-primis-in-faucibus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transitioninternational.com\/ti\/vestibulum-ante-ipsum-primis-in-faucibus\/","title":{"rendered":"BBC Radio 4 Woman’s Hour: Girl soldiers, do they choose to fight?"},"content":{"rendered":"

There are an estimated three hundred thousand child soldiers, some as young as seven. Most of them are boys, but a significant number are girls. The conventional wisdom about child soldiers is that they’re taken from their families by force. But a UN report says many girls living in conflict zones actually choose to take up arms and fight. We hear from Aimerance who became a soldier at just 14. Jenni will also speak to the author of the report,\u00a0Irma Specht and to Liesbeth Speelman from the charity War Child.<\/p>\n

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