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- Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers - The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers was formed in June 1998 to "advocate for the adoption of, and adherence to, national, regional and international legal standards (including an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child) prohibiting the military recruitment and use in hostilities of any person younger than eighteen ...
- Peacekeeping child sexual abuse scandal - The peacekeeping child sexual abuse scandal is a series of sexual scandals involving soldiers in United Nations peacekeeping forces found to be abusing underaged girls in developing countries. It has seriously undermined the credibility of peacekeeping missions due to the fact that soldiers are consequently perceived as doing more harm than good.
- Neil Boothby - Professor Neil Boothby, a child psychologist, has focused on the effects of armed conflict and violence on children in Cambodia (1980-82), Mozambique (1988-2005), Guatemala (1983-86), former Yugoslavia (1992-3), Rwanda (1994-96), Darfur (2005-present), Palestine (2001-present), and Indonesia (200-present). His longitudinal study of adult outcomes for child soldiers in Mozambique enabled him to identify interventions and community supports linked to positive life outcomes.
- China Keitetsi - China Keitetsi is a Ugandan activist who has won international renown as a campaigner for the plight of child soldiers. The memoirs of Keitetsi, a former child-soldier herself, have been translated into French, German, Japanese, Chinese and other languages.
- ChildVoice International - ChildVoice International is a Christian nonprofit organization which attempts to assist child soldiers and other child war victims.
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