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This chapter serves to introduce this interdisciplinary work that brings Christian feminist theologies into dialogue to analyze the complex ethical, geopolitical, social and theological issues involved in the militarization of girls and women and gender-based violence. The author confronts privileged detachment and presents some ways that feminist theory and epistemology have conceived power and the role of power in resisting sexual violence. It elaborates on how the authors in this volume take on specific aspects of the issue to point out what could provide a way forward in understanding and dismantling forms of gender injustice. It introduces discussion of attempts toward rehabilitation and reintegration of former child soldiers and efforts to find new approaches to preventing sexual violence in conflict that focus on preventing the use of children as perpetrators and recipients of this violence.
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According to the United Nations and the Council of Foreign Relations. It is impossible to pinpoint exact numbers due to underreporting. https://childrenandarmedconflict.un.org/effects-of-conflict/six-grave-violations/child-soldiers/.
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Such as Global Network of Religions for Children; Roméo Dallaire Child Soldiers Initiative https://www.childsoldiers.org/ and Isis: Women’s International Cross Cultural Exchange http://isis.or.ug/. See the Appendix for a list.
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Such as Shepler, Susan. 2004. The Social and Cultural Context of Child Soldiering in Sierra Leone. Oslo: PRIO; Wessells, Michael. 2006. Child Soldiers: From Violence to Protection. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press; Denov, Myriam. 2007. Girls in Fighting Forces: Moving Beyond Victimhood. Canadian International Development Agency, 2007.
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See for example the qualitative research of Pamela Couture. 2016. We Are Not All Victims: Local Peacebuilding in the DRC. Lit Verlag; and Todd D. Whitmore 2019. Imitating Christ in Magwi: An Anthropological Theology. London: T & T Clark.
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Willhauck, S. (2019). Violence, Power, Resistance and Resilience: An Introduction. In: Willhauck, S. (eds) Female Child Soldiering, Gender Violence, and Feminist Theologies. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-21982-6_1
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