In: Op-ed

25 AprThe world is failing to protect its children


Original Article Link: http://bit.ly/1rqhBU6 By: LGen Roméo Dallaire In our fight against Boko Haram, protecting children must be a priority security…

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09 MarChildren Of The Caliphate: Facing The Horror Of Child Soldiers


The use of child soldiers by the Islamic State represents one of the gravest situations on earth for children. In the Islamic State’s continued struggle for a caliphate, child soldiers are not only being used and sacrificed regularly as part of the war, but children are also being trained and indoctrinated to ensure the conflict endures far into the future.

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23 FebDallaire: How Canada can defuse ISIL’s child soldiers


Original Article Link Here: bit.ly/1oGRtD3 By: LGen Roméo Dallaire and Dr. Shelly Whitman In our fight against the Islamic State (ISIL),…

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09 DecOttawa Citizen: Time to put the blue beret back on


Original Article Link By: LGen Roméo Dallaire (Ret’d) and Dr. Shelly Whitman As of October 2015, Canada has a total of…

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22 OctComing face-to-face with a child soldier


Boko Haram’s ranks are estimated to be 40 percent children. Let’s face those facts now, to better prepare soldiers that might…

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11 SepDallaire & Whitman: The children of the Syrian conflict have been seen, now we must act


Original Article Link By: LGen Roméo Dallaire and Dr. Shelly Whitman In the ongoing Syrian conflict, the numbers of vulnerable children…

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08 JunChild Soldiers and ISIS


By: Dr. Shelly Whitman Original Article Link Anthony Lake, Executive Director of UNICEF claimed that 2014 was the most devastating year…

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12 MayNigeria’s children won’t be saved with hashtags alone


Original Article Link By: LGen Roméo Dallaire and Dr. Shelly Whitman Roméo Dallaire is a retired lieutenant-general, and a Senator. In…

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12 FebDallaire & Whitman: A world without child soldiers


Original Article Link By: LGen Roméo Dallaire (Ret’d) and Dr. Shelly Whitman February 12 is the International Day to Stop the Use…

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11 NovDon’t lose sight of future threats as Canada remembers the past


Original Article Link By: LGen Roméo Dallaire and Dr. Shelly Whitman Roméo Dallaire is a retired lieutenant-general, retired Senator, celebrated humanitarian…

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