Children and Violence: Agency, Experience and Representation in and Beyond Armed Conflict. By Christelle MolimaBameka, Jastine C.Barrett, MohamedKamara, KarlHanson, and Mark A.Drumbl (eds.), Abingdon, England: Routledge, 2025. 270 pp. £145.00 (hardba

In the early 21st century, children's involvement in armed conflict continues to be a grave and persistent global issue, representing one of the most severe breaches of children's rights.Despite growing international awareness and the implementation of various legal and humanitarian frameworks aimed at protecting children from recruitment and exploitation, the problem remains far from resolved.Children and Violence: Agency, Experience and Representation in and Beyond Armed Conflict is a thought-provoking, multidisciplinary collection of essays, which redefine the discourses on children affected by violence beyond armed conflict.Moving beyond the conventional emphasis on child soldiers in the Global South, this volume explores the geographical contexts from both the Global South and North, where children are affected by persistent conflict, poverty, restricted access to education, family disintegration and the betrayal or neglect of adults.