Their job is to comfort the fighting men. Young virgins can also be kidnapped so that the soldiers will not contract AIDS with the result that the girls become infected instead. Many are forced to undergo abortions under miserable conditions. Young girls are often made to serve as suicide bombers and martyrs. When the conflict is over, they are again worse off than the boys, according to the article.
Boys can get help, while the girls are often forgotten.
It is also difficult for them to gain acceptance in their community, and they often end up in criminality and prostitution.