[3] [2] The First Liberian Civil War as well as the Second Liberian Civil War saw thousands of children were forced to participate in armed conflict, resulting in an estimated figure of 21,000 child soldiers in need of demobilization, rehabilitation, and reintegration following the end of the Second Liberian Civil War in 2003, which concluded ...

2012年4月13日 · In the 1990s, Liberia was torn apart by a civil war in which child soldiers fought for the guerrilla leader Charles Taylor. As an international court delivers its verdict on Taylor,...

This chapter will analyse field data on individual experiences of war and fighting to identify two sides of the recruitment and mobilization spectrum for child soldiers in the Liberian civil wars.

Life for children caught up in the civil war in Liberia is filled with random violence and acts of sickening cruelty. The war has spared no one.

2004年2月2日 · This 43-page report documents how more than 15,000 child soldiers fought on all sides of the Liberian civil war, and that many units were composed primarily of children.

It is estimated that around 21,000 Liberian child soldiers, including 2000 girls, were in action during the fourteen year long civil war, some as young as six, however 69% were 15 to 17 years old serving an average of four years, whilst a further 27% were between 12 and 14 years old.

2005年2月7日 · Most experts agree that without focused intervention aimed at reintegrating them into society, child soldiers--who have witnessed and participated in the worst atrocities of war in Liberia...

There are an estimated 21,000 child soldiers in Liberia. While many left their commanders and units after the peace agreement and the deployment of UNMIL, an unknown number remained in areas either only recently or not yet reached by UNMIL forces.

This chapter will analyse field data on individual experiences of war and fighting to identify two sides of the recruitment and mobilization spectrum for child soldiers in the Liberian civil wars. First, it provides an overview of the conflict, the main actors and armed groups, before examining the various push and pull factors behind ...

In Liberia, a bloody civil war broke out in 1989 in which thousands of children were used as child soldiers. Surprisingly, not much is known about how they are settling back into civil society after the end of hostilities. This study tries to fill that gap by focusing on the role of social support networks in their rehabilitation.