July 4 & 5 2024 the CBOW Project chairwoman Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard was invited to participate in the working group and consultative meeting of the "UNESCO-CODATA Data Policy for Times…
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CBOW Newsletter No.1 2024
Newsletter No. 1 2024 It is long since we published the last newsletter, but this does not mean nothing has happened over the past few months. Quite on the contrary!…
Book “Lebensborn – Birth Politics in the Third Reich” has been shortlisted for the Rencontres d’Arles Book Award 2024
The book “Lebensborn – Birth Politics in the Third Reich” has been shortlisted for the Rencontres d'Arles Book Award 2024 The Rencontres d'Arles Book Award supports the extraordinary creativity of…
Online Training: What are the consequences of CRSV and how to provide the support for CRSV survivors & Children Born of War (CBOW)?
Online training held Online training successful executed about CRSV survivors & Children Born of War (CBOW) The answers to these questions are extremely important for Ukraine which is faced with…
CBOW Annual Report 2022/2023
We are pleased to announce that the annual report 2022/2023 of the CBOW project is now public and available. The report includes information about the following topics: Mission and Vision…
Upcoming event: Online training on Children Born of War in Ukraine
Online Capacity building training on Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV) & Children Born of War (CBOW) This is a two-day online training targeting local authorities from local communities in Zaporizhzhia region…
New book released: Lebensborn – Birth Politics in the Third Reich
New book released by Angeniet Berkers: 'Lebensborn – Birth Politics in the Third Reich Berkers'. Content: In 1935, a German programme was initiated to provide the Third Reich with a new generation…
Research Forum (in German) “‘Besatzungskinder’ revisited. Biographical narratives in the context of (educational) historical discourses”
At the 29th Congress of the German Society for Educational Science (DGfE), which took place from 10 to 13 March 2024 at the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, a research and…
Missing Peace Symposium on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV)
Last week the Missing Peace Symposium on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) organised by the United States Institute of Peace and partners took place in Washington DC. Despite increased and massive…
New book released „Children and Youth at Risk in Times of Transition. International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives”
Yesterday, the edited volume „Children and Youth at Risk in Times of Transition. International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives” edited by Baard Herman Borge, Elke Kleinau and Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard was published…
BRIDGING ACADEMIA AND HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE POPULATION
By Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard: Last week, I had the honor to give a key note address at the international conference "BRIDGING ACADEMIA AND HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE TO SUPPORT CHILDREN AND VULNERABLE…
Norway published National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, 2023-2030, addresses children born of war
"The difficult is what takes a little time; the impossible is what takes a little longer" - Fridtjof Nansen After more than 20 years of constantly working to get…
Report by Dag Ellingsen, on the living conditions of Norwegian war children, has been translated into English
Dag Ellingsen, on the living conditions of Norwegian war children born of war In September 2023, a report by Statistics Norway, originally published in 2004 by Dag Ellingsen, on theliving…
Journalist looking for CBOW from all over the world for interview
Sent on behalf of German journalist Astrid Probst I am Astrid Probst, freelance journalist, working for nationwide magazines in Germany (e.g., the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, one of the biggest newspapers…
PhD defense of the Children Born of War Project founder Elin Festøy
Today, I followed the excellent PhD defense of the Children Born of War Project founder Elin Festøy online. Her artistic doctoral thesis at the Norwegian Film School, Innlandet University, explores…
UN OCHA visits GLOWA, Cameroon
Cameroon organisation, GLOWA, one of our 2022 funded projects, has been advocating tirelessly in the North West and South West regions of the country, to secure the recognition of victims…
Expert Roundtable on Children Born of Conflict-Related Sexual Violence
Breaking Down Barriers to the Rights to Identity and Nationality 27 June 2023, Geneva Last month, CBOW Project Managing Director and Chairwoman, Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard, participated in a roundtable event,…
Books on children born of war
For our German-speaking followers, check out these two books, still available to buy, on children born of war... Flavia Guerrini Vom Feind ein Kind. Nachkommen alliierter Soldaten erzählen. "From the…
Request for Interview with Norwegian Lebensborn ‘Child’
On behalf of Portuguese freelance reporter Tiago Carrasco. Mr Carrasco is based in Bavaria, Germany, and is working as a correspondent for several Portuguese and European media outlets.He is currently…
Mid-term updates from our Grant Winners
Youth Leaders for Restoration and Development We funded Youth Leaders for Restoration and Development (YOLRED) apprenticeship program for Providing Economic Empowerment for Children Born of War. YOLRED is an organisation…