Summary: This report gives insight into why young women and girls may actively choose to participate in conflict and carry out
acts of violence, as well as how they can be coerced into taking up military roles through propaganda, abduction, intimidation and forcible recruitment.

This report was part of the Canadian International Development Agency's (CIDA) child protection research fund.

Owner: Susan McKay and Dyan Mazurana

Organisation:

Canadian International Development Agency

Web:

http://www.dd-rd.ca/site/_PDF/publications/women/girls_whereare.pdf

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Countries

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