The Proliferation Of Child Soldier In Modern Warfare And Its Social-Economic And Security Implication

Abstract

This paper qualitatively interrogated the use of child soldier in the modern warfare focusing its social-economic and security implication. The paper uses content analysis thereby limit the data only on to secondary data. The paper revealed that the intervention of UNICEF and Save the Children has to prevent the recruitment of children into the army and also serve as a bridge between the military and international actors. The paper discovered that there is no modicum of security for children within global community. It recommended that the response to use of children in armed conflict should be more proactive by taken measures to ensure accountability of any further conflict accompanied by child recruitment.

Causes of child labor and working conditions in Ethiopia: evidence from temporary inter-rural child labor migrants from Sekela district

“…Low return of education, intent to cover the cost of festival, and indebtedness are the other primary causes for the prevalence of child labor migration altogether, explained by 6.9% of the respondents. Similar argument is rendered by Adedeji (2022) in Nigeria, describing illiteracy and poverty as causes of labor migrationFGDs with child labor migrants reveal how unemployed graduates in the district discourage school attendance. Concerning this, informants from the Labor and Social Affairs office at the district level addressed that unemployment of graduated youth is one of the district's chronic social problems, pushing school children to wage labor migration.…”

“…In rural areas of the Amhara region, having many children is common, with migrantsending parents having an average household size of 5.39. This abundance of dependent yet consumer children may lead some parents to send their children for labor migration, as argued elsewhere (Abeje, 2021;Adedeji, 2022;Dad, 2021). In FGDs with migrant-sending parents, child labor migration is seen as a survival strategy to reduce the household's dependency ratio, even if the child returns without money.…”

“…They face under payment and non-payment by their employers, which is called consensual exploitation (Adedeji, 2022), which may lead children to stay away from home longer than planned. It can be argued that their vulnerability to these problems emanates from the absence of a national comprehensive migration policy (Ayele & Degefa, 2022;Dessalegn et al, 2020), and it tackles migration-related development initiatives and processes (Dessalegn et al, 2020) reflecting the political economy context behind child laborers exposure to exploitation.…”