Synopses & Reviews
- Reflects on the experiences of adolescent "volunteers" in armed groups through interviews with the young combatants themselves
- Challenges the belief that poverty is the main reason young people (aged 15-18) join armed conflicts and explores how war, poverty, education, politics, identity, family and friends can all play a role
- Examines the issue from an international perspective - interviewing young people from Afghanistan, Colombia, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Pakistan, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom
- Offers recommendations for prevention and reintegration