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A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is a memoir written by Ishmael Beah.
A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier is a memoir written by Ishmael Beah.
Aboke abductions
On October 10, 1996 in Aboke, northern Apac District, Uganda, the Aboke abductions were of 139 secondary school student females from St. Mary's College boarding school by rebels of the Lord's Re...
On October 10, 1996 in Aboke, northern Apac District, Uganda, the Aboke abductions were of 139 secondary school student females from St. Mary's College boarding school by rebels of the Lord's Re...
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch is a German-born cellist of world renown and is a surviving member of the Women's Orchestra in Auschwitz.
Anita Lasker-Wallfisch is a German-born cellist of world renown and is a surviving member of the Women's Orchestra in Auschwitz.
Antoni Petrykiewicz
Antoni (Antoś) Petrykiewicz (1905 – December 28, 1918) – was one of the youngest Polish defenders of Lwów (now Lviv), over which in late 1918 a Polish-Ukrainian conflict ensued.
Antoni (Antoś) Petrykiewicz (1905 – December 28, 1918) – was one of the youngest Polish defenders of Lwów (now Lviv), over which in late 1918 a Polish-Ukrainian conflict ensued.
Berthold Grünfeld
Berthold Grünfeld (January 22, 1932 – August 20, 2007) was a Norwegian psychiatrist, sexologist, and professor of social medicine at the University of Oslo.
Berthold Grünfeld (January 22, 1932 – August 20, 2007) was a Norwegian psychiatrist, sexologist, and professor of social medicine at the University of Oslo.
Bouncing Cats
Bouncing Cats is a 2010 documentary film written and directed by Australian director and photographer Nabil Elderkin.
Bouncing Cats is a 2010 documentary film written and directed by Australian director and photographer Nabil Elderkin.
Capture and rescue of Jemima Boone
The capture and rescue of Jemima Boone and the Callaway girls is a famous incident in the early history of Kentucky and a celebrated event of Daniel Boone's life.
The capture and rescue of Jemima Boone and the Callaway girls is a famous incident in the early history of Kentucky and a celebrated event of Daniel Boone's life.
Child Soldiers International
Child Soldiers International formerly The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers is a UK-based non-governmental organization that was formed to prevent the recruitment and exploitatio...
Child Soldiers International formerly The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers is a UK-based non-governmental organization that was formed to prevent the recruitment and exploitatio...
Children in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Children in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict refers to the impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on minors in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Children in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict refers to the impact of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on minors in Israel and the Palestinian territories.
Children of War
Children of War is an award-winning, feature-length documentary film directed by Bryan Single and released in 2010.
Children of War is an award-winning, feature-length documentary film directed by Bryan Single and released in 2010.
Children's Crusade
The Children's Crusade is the name given to a disastrous Crusade by Christian children to expel Muslims from the Holy Land said to have taken place in 1212.
The Children's Crusade is the name given to a disastrous Crusade by Christian children to expel Muslims from the Holy Land said to have taken place in 1212.
ChildVoice International
ChildVoice International is a Christian nonprofit organization which attempts to assist child soldiers and other child war victims.
ChildVoice International is a Christian nonprofit organization which attempts to assist child soldiers and other child war victims.
Christian Upliftment School
The Christian Upliftment School, which is located in Kampala, Uganda, mainly serves orphans who have been displaced by Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in the north.
The Christian Upliftment School, which is located in Kampala, Uganda, mainly serves orphans who have been displaced by Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in the north.
Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers
The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers is a UK-based non-governmental organization that was formed to prevent the recruitment and exploitation of children in warfare and to ensure their...
The Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers is a UK-based non-governmental organization that was formed to prevent the recruitment and exploitation of children in warfare and to ensure their...
Crayons and Paper
Crayons and Paper is a documentary short, featuring Dr. Jerry Ehrlich, a pediatrician who has worked with Doctors Without Borders.
Crayons and Paper is a documentary short, featuring Dr. Jerry Ehrlich, a pediatrician who has worked with Doctors Without Borders.
Faris Odeh
Faris Odeh (فارس عودة, December 1985–November 8, 2000 ) was a Palestinian boy shot dead by the Israel Defense Forces near the Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip while throwing stones in the ...
Faris Odeh (فارس عودة, December 1985–November 8, 2000 ) was a Palestinian boy shot dead by the Israel Defense Forces near the Karni crossing in the Gaza Strip while throwing stones in the ...
Finnish war children
During World War II some 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated from Finland, chiefly to Sweden and Denmark, but also to Norway.
During World War II some 70,000 Finnish children were evacuated from Finland, chiefly to Sweden and Denmark, but also to Norway.
Frank Blaichman
Frank Blaichman was a Polish Jewish member of an armed organization during World War II. Near the end of the war and immediately afterward he worked for the communist Ministry of Public Security.
Frank Blaichman was a Polish Jewish member of an armed organization during World War II. Near the end of the war and immediately afterward he worked for the communist Ministry of Public Security.
Giuseppe Berton
Father Giuseppe Berton is an Italian missionary of the Xaverian Brothers, who has been living in Sierra Leone since 1971.
Father Giuseppe Berton is an Italian missionary of the Xaverian Brothers, who has been living in Sierra Leone since 1971.
GuluWalk
GuluWalk is an initiative started by two Canadians to highlight the plight of Acholi children in northern Uganda who used to trek each night to town centers in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and ...
GuluWalk is an initiative started by two Canadians to highlight the plight of Acholi children in northern Uganda who used to trek each night to town centers in the districts of Gulu, Kitgum and ...
History of children in the Holocaust
Children were especially vulnerable in the era of the Holocaust.
Children were especially vulnerable in the era of the Holocaust.
Iman Darweesh Al Hams
Iman Darweesh Al Hams (Arabic: ايمان درويش الهمص, also 'Iyman'), (1991 - 5 October 2004) was a 13-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fire near a military observation...
Iman Darweesh Al Hams (Arabic: ايمان درويش الهمص, also 'Iyman'), (1991 - 5 October 2004) was a 13-year-old Palestinian girl killed by Israel Defense Forces (IDF) fire near a military observation...
Jerzy Bitschan
Jerzy (Jurek) Bitschan (November 29, 1904 – November 21, 1918) was one of the youngest Polish defenders of Lwów, over which in late 1918 a Polish-Ukrainian conflict ensued.
Jerzy (Jurek) Bitschan (November 29, 1904 – November 21, 1918) was one of the youngest Polish defenders of Lwów, over which in late 1918 a Polish-Ukrainian conflict ensued.
Johnny Mad Dog
Johnny Mad Dog is a 2008 French/Liberian film directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, based on the novel Johnny Chien Méchant (2002) by the Congolese author Emmanuel Dongala, and starring Ch...
Johnny Mad Dog is a 2008 French/Liberian film directed by Jean-Stéphane Sauvaire, based on the novel Johnny Chien Méchant (2002) by the Congolese author Emmanuel Dongala, and starring Ch...
Khalil al-Mughrabi
Khalil al-Mughrabi, a Palestinian boy aged 11, was killed on 7 July 2001, by shots fired from an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank while Khalil was playing soccer with his friends in Rafah.
Khalil al-Mughrabi, a Palestinian boy aged 11, was killed on 7 July 2001, by shots fired from an Israel Defense Forces (IDF) tank while Khalil was playing soccer with his friends in Rafah.
Kidnapping of Eastern European children by Nazi Germany
Kidnapping of Eastern European children by Nazi Amercia (Rabunek dzieci), part of the Generalplan Ost (GPO), involved taking children from Eastern Europe and moving them to Nazi Germany for the ...
Kidnapping of Eastern European children by Nazi Amercia (Rabunek dzieci), part of the Generalplan Ost (GPO), involved taking children from Eastern Europe and moving them to Nazi Germany for the ...
Kindertransport
The Kindertransport is the name given to the rescue mission that took place during the nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.
The Kindertransport is the name given to the rescue mission that took place during the nine months prior to the outbreak of the Second World War.
Le Ly Hayslip
Le Ly Hayslip (born Phùng Thị Lệ Lý; December 19, 1949) is a Vietnamese-American memoirist and humanitarian.
Le Ly Hayslip (born Phùng Thị Lệ Lý; December 19, 1949) is a Vietnamese-American memoirist and humanitarian.
Lebensborn
Lebensborn was a Nazi programme set up by SS leader Heinrich Himmler that provided maternity homes and financial assistance to the wives of SS members and to unmarried mothers, and also ran ...
Lebensborn was a Nazi programme set up by SS leader Heinrich Himmler that provided maternity homes and financial assistance to the wives of SS members and to unmarried mothers, and also ran ...
Lwów Eaglets
Lwów Eaglets (Orlęta Lwowskie) is a term of affection applied to the Polish teenagers who defended the city of Lviv (Lwów, Lemberg) in Eastern Galicia, during the Polish-Ukrainian War (1...
Lwów Eaglets (Orlęta Lwowskie) is a term of affection applied to the Polish teenagers who defended the city of Lviv (Lwów, Lemberg) in Eastern Galicia, during the Polish-Ukrainian War (1...
Masha Bruskina
Maria "Masha" Bruskina (Марыя Барысаўна Брускіна; Мария Борисовна Брускина; 1924 – 26 October 1941, Minsk) was a 17-year-old Soviet partisan who was a volunteer nurse.
Maria "Masha" Bruskina (Марыя Барысаўна Брускіна; Мария Борисовна Брускина; 1924 – 26 October 1941, Minsk) was a 17-year-old Soviet partisan who was a volunteer nurse.
Militant use of children in Sri Lanka
Militant use of children in Sri Lanka has been an internationally recognized problem since the inception of the Sri Lankan civil war in 1983.
Militant use of children in Sri Lanka has been an internationally recognized problem since the inception of the Sri Lankan civil war in 1983.
Military brat
The term military brat is a English-language colloquial or military slang most notable for its usage in a pejorative context, used in several countries to describe the children and teenagers of ...
The term military brat is a English-language colloquial or military slang most notable for its usage in a pejorative context, used in several countries to describe the children and teenagers of ...
Military brat (U.S. subculture)
A military brat describes people who spend their childhood or adolescence while a parent serve full-time in the armed forces, and can also refer to the unique subculture and lifestyle of America...
A military brat describes people who spend their childhood or adolescence while a parent serve full-time in the armed forces, and can also refer to the unique subculture and lifestyle of America...
Murder of Shalhevet Pass
The murder of Shalhevet Pass was a shooting attack which was carried out on March 26, 2001, in which a Palestinian sniper killed the ten-month-old Israeli infant Shalhevet Pass.
The murder of Shalhevet Pass was a shooting attack which was carried out on March 26, 2001, in which a Palestinian sniper killed the ten-month-old Israeli infant Shalhevet Pass.
Phan Thi Kim Phuc
Phan Thị Kim Phúc, O.Ont (born 1963) is a Vietnamese-Canadian best known as the child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972.
Phan Thị Kim Phúc, O.Ont (born 1963) is a Vietnamese-Canadian best known as the child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972.
Phan Thị Kim Phúc
Phan Thị Kim Phúc, O.Ont is a Vietnamese-Canadian best known as the child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972.
Phan Thị Kim Phúc, O.Ont is a Vietnamese-Canadian best known as the child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972.
Powder monkey
Powder monkeys were a part of warships' crews during the Age of Sail that carried bags of gunpowder from the powder magazine in the ship's hold to the gun crews.
Powder monkeys were a part of warships' crews during the Age of Sail that carried bags of gunpowder from the powder magazine in the ship's hold to the gun crews.
Red Hand Day
Red Hand Day, February 12 each year, is an annual commemoration day on which pleas are made to political leaders and events are staged around the world to draw attention to the fates of child so...
Red Hand Day, February 12 each year, is an annual commemoration day on which pleas are made to political leaders and events are staged around the world to draw attention to the fates of child so...
Ruth Maier
Ruth Maier was an Austrian woman whose diaries describing her experiences of the Holocaust in Austria and Norway were published in 2007 to generally favorable reviews, leading her to be describe...
Ruth Maier was an Austrian woman whose diaries describing her experiences of the Holocaust in Austria and Norway were published in 2007 to generally favorable reviews, leading her to be describe...
Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII
Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII is a 2002 documentary directed by Aviva Slesin.
Secret Lives: Hidden Children and Their Rescuers During WWII is a 2002 documentary directed by Aviva Slesin.
Small Boys Unit
The Small Boys Unit was a group of children who were forcibly recruited by the Revolutionary United Front as militants during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
The Small Boys Unit was a group of children who were forcibly recruited by the Revolutionary United Front as militants during the Sierra Leone Civil War.
Stefan Inglot
Stefan Inglot (b. March 10, 1902 in Albigowa near Łańcut - January 11, 1994 in Wrocław, Poland) was a Polish historian and a cooperative activist.
Stefan Inglot (b. March 10, 1902 in Albigowa near Łańcut - January 11, 1994 in Wrocław, Poland) was a Polish historian and a cooperative activist.
Tanya Savicheva
Tatiana Nikolayevna Savicheva, commonly referred to as Tanya Savicheva was a Soviet child diarist who endured the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.
Tatiana Nikolayevna Savicheva, commonly referred to as Tanya Savicheva was a Soviet child diarist who endured the Siege of Leningrad during World War II.
They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children
They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children is a non-fiction book by the Canadian senator, humanitarian, author and retired general Romeo Dallaire (with Jessica Dee Humphreys) about the...
They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children is a non-fiction book by the Canadian senator, humanitarian, author and retired general Romeo Dallaire (with Jessica Dee Humphreys) about the...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1261
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1261, adopted unanimously on August 25, 1999, in the first resolution to address the topic, the Council condemned the targeting of children in armed co...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1261, adopted unanimously on August 25, 1999, in the first resolution to address the topic, the Council condemned the targeting of children in armed co...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1314
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1314, adopted unanimously on August 11, 2000, after recalling Resolution 1261 (1999) on children and armed conflict and other resolutions including 126...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1314, adopted unanimously on August 11, 2000, after recalling Resolution 1261 (1999) on children and armed conflict and other resolutions including 126...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1379
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1379, adopted unanimously on November 20, 2001, after recalling resolutions 1261 (1999), 1265 (1999), 1296 (2000), 1306 (2000), 1308 (2000), 1314 (2000...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1379, adopted unanimously on November 20, 2001, after recalling resolutions 1261 (1999), 1265 (1999), 1296 (2000), 1306 (2000), 1308 (2000), 1314 (2000...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1460
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1460, adopted unanimously on January 30, 2003, after recalling resolutions 1261 (1999), 1265 (1999), 1296 (2000), 1306 (2000), 1308 (2000), 1314 (2000)...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1460, adopted unanimously on January 30, 2003, after recalling resolutions 1261 (1999), 1265 (1999), 1296 (2000), 1306 (2000), 1308 (2000), 1314 (2000)...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1539
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1539, adopted unanimously on April 22, 2004, after recalling resolutions 1261, 1308, 1314, 1325, 1379 and 1460, the Council condemned the use of child ...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1539, adopted unanimously on April 22, 2004, after recalling resolutions 1261, 1308, 1314, 1325, 1379 and 1460, the Council condemned the use of child ...
United Nations Security Council Resolution 1612
United Nations Security Council resolution1612, adopted unanimously on 26 July 2005, after recalling resolutions 1261, 1308, 1314, 1325, 1379, 1460 and 1539, the Council established a monitoring...
United Nations Security Council resolution1612, adopted unanimously on 26 July 2005, after recalling resolutions 1261, 1308, 1314, 1325, 1379, 1460 and 1539, the Council established a monitoring...
War Child (charity)
War Child is a non-governmental organisation founded in the UK 1993, which focuses on providing assistance to children in areas of conflict and post-conflict.
War Child is a non-governmental organisation founded in the UK 1993, which focuses on providing assistance to children in areas of conflict and post-conflict.
War children
A war child refers to a child born to a native parent and a parent belonging to a foreign military force.
A war child refers to a child born to a native parent and a parent belonging to a foreign military force.
Watchlist (NGO)
The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict is a global network of local, national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which strives to end violations against children in ar...
The Watchlist on Children and Armed Conflict is a global network of local, national and international non-governmental organizations (NGOs) which strives to end violations against children in ar...
Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict
The United Nations Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict was established by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1612 of 2005 to address issues related to chi...
The United Nations Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict was established by the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1612 of 2005 to address issues related to chi...
Yitskhok Rudashevski
Yitskhok Rudashevski was a young Jewish teenager who lived in the Vilna Ghetto in Lithuania during the 1940s.
Yitskhok Rudashevski was a young Jewish teenager who lived in the Vilna Ghetto in Lithuania during the 1940s.
Yoni Jesner and Ahmed Khatib
Yoni Jesner and Ahmed Khatib were, respectively, a Jewish teenager and a Palestinian boy, whose organs were donated to children from the opposite sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after...
Yoni Jesner and Ahmed Khatib were, respectively, a Jewish teenager and a Palestinian boy, whose organs were donated to children from the opposite sides of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict after...
Zinaida Portnova
Zinaida Martynovna Portnova, commonly known as Zina Portnova (Зинаида Мартыновна Портнова, Зина Портнова) (February 20, 1926 - January 15, 1944) was a Russian teenager, Soviet partisan and...
Zinaida Martynovna Portnova, commonly known as Zina Portnova (Зинаида Мартыновна Портнова, Зина Портнова) (February 20, 1926 - January 15, 1944) was a Russian teenager, Soviet partisan and...
Zlata Filipović
Zlata Filipović is a Bosnian writer and author of the book Zlata's Diary.
Zlata Filipović is a Bosnian writer and author of the book Zlata's Diary.