&gt; Are girls equally likely as men to be recruited as child soldiers?<p>Yes, girls are likely to be recruited as children. Sometimes that&#x27;s as a child soldier, sometimes that&#x27;s as a sex slave.<p>Some armed groups see women (including girls) as equal to males.<p>&gt;&gt; About 40 percent of the hundreds of thousands of child soldiers scattered across the world’s conflicts today are thought to be girls, but the numbers of girls enrolling in child soldier DDR programmes dwindles to five percent or less.<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.irinnews.org&#x2F;report&#x2F;97463&#x2F;analysis-girl-child-soldiers-face-new-battles-in-civilian-life" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.irinnews.org&#x2F;report&#x2F;97463&#x2F;analysis-girl-child-sol...</a>