Child Soldier

Aug 1st - 31st Oct 2008

There are an estimated 300,000 children in fighting forces around the world, many of whom have been forcibly recruited or abducted; they have suffered beatings and other forms of torture; and psychological damage resulting from being forced to kill others. Girl soldiers have suffered the additional humiliation of rape and sexual servitude, sometimes over periods of several years.

Photographs by
Jan Grarup / Noor - Palestine
Yannis Kontos / Polaris - Nepal
Alixandra Fazzina / Trolley - Uganda & Congo
Noel Quidu / Gamma - Liberia
Franco Pagetti / VII - Sierra Leone

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