Insecurity and other camp and refugee settlement harsh environments have been cited as a blow to the

attitude girls towards education. As noted by WRC (2009) boys and girls may both receive weapons and
military training and engage in frontline combat, and both are often sent ahead to determine
contaminated areas. They frequently participate in raids to steal food and other supplies, and to abduct
other children. Both may work as porters, helping to carry food, weapons and loot, as their armed
groups tend to be constantly on the move. And both are often put to work in illicit commercial
operations, such as mineral mines, rubber plantations and logging operations, as well as forced to act as
human “mules,” carrying weapons, gems, drugs and other illicit goods.