Girl soldiering in rebel groups, 1989-2013

Introducing a new dataset

Datos Bibliográficos

ID3915971
AutoresRoos Haer (0000-0001-5953-9041, Institute of Political Science, University of Leiden, autor de correspondencia), Tobias Böhmelt (0000-0002-7661-8670, University of Essex)
Año2018
Volumen55
Número3
Páginas395-403
Fecha de publicación2018-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Peace Research (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0022-3433 • E-ISSN: 1460-3578
EditorialSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/0022343317752540
OpenAlexW2770445610
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas17
Referencias citadas33

Most existing work assumes that child soldiers are under-aged males. Girl soldiers have largely been neglected so far, although they frequently have important roles in rebel groups. One reason for this shortcoming has been the lack of comprehensive and systematic data on female child soldiers over a larger time period. To address this gap, the following article introduces the Girl Child Soldier Dataset (G-CSDS), which provides - based on academic, IGO, NGO, government, and media sources - information on the number of girl soldiers and their functions (supporters or combatants) in rebel groups between 1989 and 2013. The dataset can be easily combined with other data based on the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP), and we demonstrate its usefulness with descriptive statistics and a regression analysis that is informed by previous research on women's participation in armed groups. Among other interesting findings, the corresponding results suggest that there are crucial differences between girl combatants and those active in more supportive roles. We conclude that the G-CSDS provides a central platform of easily accessible information that will be useful to scholars and practitioners working on civil conflict, human rights, armed groups, or demobilization, disarmament, and reintegration (DDR) programs

Computer security · Criminology · Demobilization · Descriptive statistics · Developmental psychology · Disarmament · Girl · Government (linguistics) · Political science · Politics · Statistics · Computer Science · Gender Politics and Representation · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Intimate Partner and Family Violence · Law · Psychology