Download or read book Militarized Youth written by Johanna Higgs and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2019-10-08 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on ethnographic fieldwork and interviews from across Colombia—including former child guerillas, former hostages of the guerilla organization, mothers of child soldiers, and humanitarian aid workers— this volume explores the experiences of children involved with the Colombian guerilla group the Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia (Farc). Going beyond the predominant humanitarian perspectives on child soldiers, Johanna Higgs delves into the specific social and cultural aspects of the Colombian conflict to give a contextualized, culturally relevant understanding of the processes of both militarization and demobilization of children, deploying the theoretical lens of “lifeworlds.” In so doing, Higgs not only provides insight into children’s involvement in conflict in Colombia, but presents a clear case for a move away from homogenized understandings of “child soldiers,” thus far dominated by viewpoints from industrialized Western nations. Tying together perspectives from anthropology, sociology, psychology, politics, and international development, Higgs provides not only a much-needed examination of how children are militarized, soldiering in the Farc context, and demilitarization, but also a blueprint for how research can be tied to specific cultural contexts.

Download or read book You ll Learn Not to Cry written by Human Rights Watch (Organization) and published by Human Rights Watch. This book was released on 2003 with total page 174 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recommendations -- Child combatants in Colombia -- Recruitment: rules and practice -- Joining up -- Life in the ranks -- Girls -- Training -- Discipline and punishment -- Combat -- Participation in summary executions and torture -- Kidnappings -- The government forces -- Desertion, capture, and after -- Rescued from war: government rehabilitation programs for child combatants -- Legal standards.

Download or read book Child Soldiers in Context written by Artur Bogner and published by Göttingen University Press. This book was released on 2020 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Long before “IS” and “Boko Haram”, the messianic “Lord’s Resistance Army” (LRA) in Uganda was considered as one of the most brutal rebel groups in Africa, or in the world, and as one which clearly specialized in the abduction, “recruitment” and deployment of children and adolescents as ombatants. This book presents the results of a research project on former child soldiers and rebels in northern Uganda and their “reintegration” into society after their return to civilian life. The authors investigate their biographies and the social figurations or relationships between them and members of the civilian population that emerged following their return, not least in their families of origin, and show which conditions facilitate or hinder their “(re)integration” into civilian life. The discussion also shows what distinguishes them from former members of rebel groups in the neighboring region of West Nile, in respect of their history and how they were recruited, as well as in their present situation and social position.

Download or read book Child at War written by Mark Bles and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book When Rains Became Floods written by Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-03 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Rains Became Floods is the gripping autobiography of Lurgio Gavilán Sánchez, who as a child soldier fought for both the Peruvian guerrilla insurgency Shining Path and the Peruvian military. After escaping the conflict, he became a Franciscan priest and is now an anthropologist. Gavilán Sánchez's words mark otherwise forgotten acts of brutality and kindness, moments of misery and despair as well as solidarity and love.

Download or read book Child At War written by Mark Bles and published by Hodder & Stoughton. This book was released on 2013-11-28 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the age of fifteen Hortense Daman embarked on a secret career. In her German-occupied hometown of Louvain, Belgium, she joined the resistance, first as a courier, then as a fighter. She ran terrifying risks, smuggling explosives in her bicycle pannier past German soldiers and helping allied airmen to safety. It couldn't last; and it didn't. She was later betrayed, imprisoned and condemned to death. Separated from her family, she - and later her mother - was sent to the 'women's inferno' - Ravensbruck concentration camp. Subjected to horrific medical experiments, she endured starvation, illness, freezing temperatures, and she watched helplessly as thousands died around her. Yet, against unimaginable odds, she survived. Child at War is the true, extraordinary and often shocking account of the years that saw Hortense change from the innocent schoolgirl to freedom fighter and ultimately to survivor of the most atrocious regime the world has ever seen.

Download or read book The Guerrillas Have Taken Our Son written by Chad Stendal and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book On Guerrilla Warfare written by Mao Tse-tung and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-06 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first documented, systematic study of a truly revolutionary subject, this 1937 text remains the definitive guide to guerrilla warfare. It concisely explains unorthodox strategies that transform disadvantages into benefits.

Download or read book Innocents Lost written by Jimmie Briggs and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2009-04-27 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ida, a member of Sri Lanka's Female Tamil Tigers, fought with one of the longest-surviving and successful guerilla movements in the world. She is sixteen. Francois, a fourteen-year-old Rwandan child of mixed ethnicity, was forced by Hutu militiamen to hack to death his sister's Tutsi children. More than 250,000 children have fought in three dozen conflicts around the world, but growing exploitation of children in war is staggering and little known. From the "little bees" of Colombia to the "baby brigades" of Sri Lanka, the subject of child soldiers is changing the face of terrorism. For the last seven years, Jimmie Briggs has been talking to, writing about, and researching the plight of these young combatants. The horrific stories of these children, dramatically told in their own voices, reveal the devastating consequences of this global tragedy. Cogent, passionate, impeccably researched, and compellingly told, Innocents Lost is the fullest, most personal and powerful examination yet of the lives of child soldiers.

Download or read book Uncivil War written by Jeremiah Bropleh and published by Tate Publishing. This book was released on 2013-04 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fear struck at my heart when I realized that the rebels' next mission was to round up men and boys. I was included in the roundup! My journey as a child soldier had begun. At thirteen, Jeremiah Bropleh was torn from his family and forced into service in the bloody Liberian Civil War of 1989. Drugged, armed, and brainwashed, Jeremiah's conscience died as he traveled with rebel soldiers, killing, raping, and looting. After one gruesome battle, Jeremiah and his captors returned to the village where he had been kidnapped. Miraculously, Jeremiah's relatives rescued him from the rebels, but he drifted in a shell-shocked fog for weeks. His days as a child soldier were over, but his pursuit of absolution had just begun. The traumas of war left Jeremiah with uncontrollable rage and hatred. Through counseling and Christ's love, he began to heal, but he could not escape the consuming guilt that plagued him. Even after moving to America to attend college, he faced both internal and external struggles, always running from his guilt and often staying only one step ahead of homelessness. In Uncivil War: Recovering from Life as a Child Soldier*, Jeremiah shares his journey from horror to healing, showing that God's love and leading can prevail in even the most heart-breaking circumstances.

Download or read book Guerrilla Season written by Pat Hughes and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR). This book was released on 2003-08-12 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Civil War in Missouri In 1863, at fifteen, Matt Howard is old enough to join the Southern guerrillas and help protect Missouri from Union forces. But Matt would rather farm than fight – tending his beloved pa's land is the next best thing to having him still alive. What's more, to safeguard her six children, Matt's mother insists that the family take a neutral position. In Missouri's Civil War, which pits neighbor against neighbor, armed men often bang on doors in the middle of the night, shouting "Union or Secesh?" The wrong answer can get a civilian killed. Matt's mother is from the North, and when Ma decides to move them back, Matt is torn: Should he abandon his farm or his family? And what about his friend Jesse, who has no doubts about joining the guerrillas? What will Jesse say if Matt runs away? In this large, gripping examination of the Civil War in Missouri, a boy bewildered by the madness around him wrestles with questions about family ties, friendship, and loyalty. Guerrilla Season is a 2004 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.

Download or read book Child Soldiers written by Dr. U C Jha and published by Vij Books India Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2018-01-01 with total page 497 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As many as fifty non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in countries such as Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Libya, Mali, Pakistan, the Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Thailand and Yemen are engaged in the recruitment and use of children in armed conflict. In Somalia, South Sudan, Syria and Yemen the situation continues to be perilous, with many hundreds of children recruited, used, killed and maimed. Children have been used by the NSAGs as executioners and suicide bombers. By an estimate, there are 300,000-350,000 child soldiers worldwide and the alarming trend continues to grow. According to the United Nations, there has been a fivefold increase in the number of children recruited in a few ongoing armed conflicts. This book gives an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of the recruitment and use of child soldiers worldwide; and examines the (in) adequacy of international institutions and laws in protecting children. It is an invaluable resource for anyone interested or working in the field of protecting children: teachers, students, lawyers, government officials, military and police personnel, researchers and human rights activists.

Download or read book Child at War written by Mark Bles and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Guerrilla Learning written by Grace Llewellyn and published by Wiley. This book was released on 2001-08 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: GUERRILLA LEARNING IS CREATING A HOME ENVIRONMENT THAT FILLS YOUR CHILD WITH THE JOY OF LEARNING Let your daughter read her library books instead of finishing her homework . Ask your eleven-year-old's beloved third grade teacher to comment on his poetry. Invite a massage therapist to dinner because your daughter wants to go to massage school instead of college. Give your child the freedom to pursue his interests, develop her strengths, cultivate self-discipline, and discover the joy of learning throughout life. If you've ever felt that your child wasn't flourishing in school or simply needs something the professionals aren't supplying, you're ready to become a ""guerrilla educator."" Revolutionary and inspiring, Guerrilla Learning explains what's wrong (and what's useful) about our traditional schools and shows you how to take charge of your family's education to raise thinking, creative young people despite the constraints of traditional schooling. Filled with fun and exciting exercises and projects to do with children of all ages, this remarkable approach to childhood, education, and life will help you release your child's innate abilities and empower him or her in the wider world that awaits beyond the school walls.

Download or read book Children of the Red Fields written by Monica Arac de Nyeko and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book War Toys written by Centro de Análisis Sociopolíticos and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book You ll Learn Not to Cry written by and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: