ANNOTATED BIBLIOGRAPHY EDUCATION

Annotated Bibliography Education

Annotated Bibliography

Biel, Melha Rout (2004): African Kids: Between Warlords, Child Soldiers, And Living On The Street The cases of Sudan, Uganda, Zambia and Kenya. New York: Peter Lang (95 pages).

The main aim of this book is to highlight the worsening situation of children on the African continent, where the number of street children is increasing from day to day. Besides, this book discusses the issue of HIV/AIDS and how it affects the lives of African children. It offers useful suggestions and valuable proposals on how to deal with these problems. Based on the research the author made, he decided on Sudan, Kenya, Uganda as well as Zambia as countries of case studies. About 70 percent of the adults are living with HIV/AIDS disease. 80 percent of the children in Africa live with HIV/AIDS. In recent years, 2.2 million Africans died as a result of HIV/AIDS infections. This indicates that the disease is one of the major threats to the economic and social development in Africa. This book investigates the causes and recommends possible solutions to the problem of children and child soldiers in the world and in Africa in particular.

Brett, Rachel; McCallin, Margaret (1996): Children: The Invisible Soldiers, Stockholm: Rädda Barnen (=Swedish Save the Children) (257 pages).

The original research for: Children: The invisible soldiers was commissioned as part of the United Nations Study on the Impact of Armed Conflict on Children (also known as the Machel Study), which was presented at the fifty-first session of the UN General Assembly in November 1996. The present book is an expanded and updated edition of the Machel Study.

Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (2004): Child Soldier Use 2003. A Briefing for the 4th UN Security Council Open Debate on Children and Armed Conflict. London: Coalition to Stop the Use of Child Soldiers (47 pages).

Throughout 2003 thousands of children were deployed as combatants, to commit abuses against civilians, as sex slaves, forced labourers, messengers, informants and servants in continuing and newly erupting conflicts. Children were usually used to perform multiple roles, and girls in particular often acted as combatants as well as being sexually exploited. Featured Countries: Afghanistan, Angola, Burundi, Congo (DR), Ivory Coast, Israel/Palestine, Liberia, Myanmar, Nepal, Philippines, Sierra Leone, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Uganda.

Commission on the Status of Women (2004) The Voice of Girl Child Soldiers. Report no. 8. Dublin: Mercy International Association (11 pages).

Why listen to the voices of the girl soldier? Many documents have been and are being developed to address the concern of violence against children. These are necessary actions to gain understanding and agreement among international parties to prevent the use of children as soldiers and for rehabilitation. The characteristics of many of these actions are to call for “providing resources” or “establishing mechanisms to facilitate activities for children” or “ensuring provisions for demobilization and reintegration are spelled out.” To accomplish these objectives, we must understand what resources to provide, what activities will meet the child's need or what provisions need to be spelled ...