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Grace Akallo (born 1981) is a Ugandan woman who was abducted in 1996 to be used as a child soldier in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel military group led by Joseph Kony. At the time of her abduction, Akallo was 15 years old and attending St. Mary's College, a Catholic boarding school in Aboke, Uganda. She remained in the LRA for seven months before escaping. After escaping the army, Akallo returned to St. Mary's College to finish her high school education. She began her college education at the Uganda Christian University, but finished her undergraduate degree at Gordon College after receiving a scholarship. Akallo then went on to receive her master's degree from Clark University/ Upon her escape from the LRA, Akallo began working as an advocate for peace and for the rights of Afr

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  • غريس أكالو (بالإنجليزية: Grace Akallo)‏ (مواليد 1981) امرأة أوغندية، تم اختطافها من قبل جوزيف كوني عندما كان عمرها 15 عامًا، أثناء التحاقها بمدرسة كاثوليكية، لاستخدامها كجندي طفل في جيش الرب للمقاومة. نتيجة انضمامها إلى الجيش، أُجبرت على قتل فتاة أخرى وهي ممارسة شائعة جدًا بين الجيوش التي تستخدم الجنود الأطفال. بقيت في جيش الرب للمقاومة لمدة سبعة أشهر، حيث تم اغتصابها. وأصبحت من الرقيق. تم إعادة تأهيلها في النهاية وأصبحت أماً. (ar)
  • Grace Akallo (born 1981) is a Ugandan woman who was abducted in 1996 to be used as a child soldier in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel military group led by Joseph Kony. At the time of her abduction, Akallo was 15 years old and attending St. Mary's College, a Catholic boarding school in Aboke, Uganda. She remained in the LRA for seven months before escaping. After escaping the army, Akallo returned to St. Mary's College to finish her high school education. She began her college education at the Uganda Christian University, but finished her undergraduate degree at Gordon College after receiving a scholarship. Akallo then went on to receive her master's degree from Clark University/ Upon her escape from the LRA, Akallo began working as an advocate for peace and for the rights of African women and children. She has been using both her experiences as a child soldier and the information she has gained in her higher education to advocate against violence and the use of child soldiers, as well as to help counsel other escaped child soldiers like herself. Akallo has since worked for different organizations, such as the Sister Rachelle Rehabilitation Centre and World Vision, as well as worked on several different advocacy projects, including contributing to the passage of amendments to the 2008 Child Soldiers Accountability Act. and delivering speeches about her experience as a former child soldier Akallo has also started a non-profit organization in America called United Africans for Women and Children's Rights (UAWCR), aiming to protect the rights of African women and children; and cofounded the Network of Young People Affected by War through UNICEF. Several biographical texts and documentaries have been written and produced documenting the experiences of Akallo and her fellow child soldiers, most notably being the 2007 autobiography; Girl Soldier: A Story of Hope for Northern Uganda's Children, co-authored with Faith J. H. McDonnell, the 2015 biography Grace Akallo and the Pursuit of Justice for Child Soldiers written by Kem Knapp Sawyer, and the 2010 documentary Grace, Milly, Lucy... Child Soldiers produced by Raymonde Provencher. (en)
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  • Jonathan Day Jr. (en)
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  • Grace Akallo (en)
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  • Girl Soldier: A Story of Hope for Northern Uganda's Children (en)
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  • غريس أكالو (بالإنجليزية: Grace Akallo)‏ (مواليد 1981) امرأة أوغندية، تم اختطافها من قبل جوزيف كوني عندما كان عمرها 15 عامًا، أثناء التحاقها بمدرسة كاثوليكية، لاستخدامها كجندي طفل في جيش الرب للمقاومة. نتيجة انضمامها إلى الجيش، أُجبرت على قتل فتاة أخرى وهي ممارسة شائعة جدًا بين الجيوش التي تستخدم الجنود الأطفال. بقيت في جيش الرب للمقاومة لمدة سبعة أشهر، حيث تم اغتصابها. وأصبحت من الرقيق. تم إعادة تأهيلها في النهاية وأصبحت أماً. (ar)
  • Grace Akallo (born 1981) is a Ugandan woman who was abducted in 1996 to be used as a child soldier in the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), a rebel military group led by Joseph Kony. At the time of her abduction, Akallo was 15 years old and attending St. Mary's College, a Catholic boarding school in Aboke, Uganda. She remained in the LRA for seven months before escaping. After escaping the army, Akallo returned to St. Mary's College to finish her high school education. She began her college education at the Uganda Christian University, but finished her undergraduate degree at Gordon College after receiving a scholarship. Akallo then went on to receive her master's degree from Clark University/ Upon her escape from the LRA, Akallo began working as an advocate for peace and for the rights of Afr (en)
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  • غريس أكالو (ar)
  • Grace Akallo (en)
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