PHOTO: Brazil: In December 2001, a girl, Elaine da Paixao Santos, stands in front of a wall on which she has drawn a heart and the inscription "I love you, mom" in Portuguese, on the grounds of the Mother City Foundation in La Paz, a poor neighbourhood in Salvador, capital of the eastern state of Bahia in Brazil. Elaine lives with her grandmother to avoid the fighting in her parents’ home. (UNICEF/HQ01-0442/Claudio Versiani)
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The article states that the international community must recognize and face the problem of girl soldiers by addressing issues of ignorance, stigma, voluntary involvement, equality, protection, and status. For demobilization programs to be successful, work needs to focus on the discrimination and exploitation of girls in pre- and post-conflict societies.

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