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,…
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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…
CBOW Summer Newsletter 2023
Summer Newsletter 2023 Coming up...Updates & highlightsRecap of recent eventsPublicationsTeam newsOther news HIGHLIGHTS Congratulations Jakub We are delighted to share the news that oral historian and CBOW Project Affiliated Expert,…
Interesting PRIO policy brief published
Read this interesting PRIO policy brief published today by the CBOW project board members Norman Mukasa and Lina Stotz Children Born of War: Bridging the Divide Between Research and Policy…
Event “Children – the forgotten victims of war” at University of Cologne
Last night, at the University of Cologne, Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Dr. h.c. Claus Kreß LL.M, Chair for German and International Criminal Law at the University of Cologne, director of…
Children Born of War and their mothers
CBOW project managing director and chairwoman Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard invited by the Social Democratic Party (SPD) to speak about Children Born of War and their mothers on the occasion of…
Don’t Forget the Children Born of War in Ukraine
Learning from the past to support Children Born of War in Ukraine. Read the blog post by CBOW project board members and #EuroWARCHILD (Inger Skjelsbæk, Johanne Rokke Elvebakken, Lina Stotz…
Article on CBOW in Ukraine published in German newspaper
Please find the article in German here. For the English version, please see here.
CBOW Project has endorsed the ‘Call to Action’ and ‘Platform for Action’ on Children Born of conflict related sexual violence November 1st 2022
The Children Born of War Project on November 1st 2022 endorsed the Call to Action and committed to all priorities in the Platform for Action which are: Priority One: Building…
Launch of the Platform for Action on Children Born of conflict related sexual violence at the ‘Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) Conference’
November 28 to 29 2022, the UK government hosted the International Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative (PSVI) Conference in central London. In this context Lord Ahmad, Minister of State…
Call for Papers: From ”War Children” to ”IS Children”: Comparative Perspectives on European Children Born of War
International Workshop at Lund University, May 10th-12th, 2023. The study of Children Born of War (CBOW) has made significant advances in recent years within a wide range of national contexts…
Congratulations to our Grant Winners
The CBOW Project is happy to share the news of the selected winners from the first grant call published in April, 2022. The foundation received an overwhelming amount of applications…
Doing or not doing harm? Ethical issues in researching Children Born of War
(c) Norman Mukasa, field research 2014 The board members Norman Mukasa and Ingvill C. Mochmann published an article on 'Ethical issues in researching Children Born of War'. See here.
What Does It Mean to Be a Child Born of War?
CBOW project managing director Ingvill Constanze Mochmann in conversation with Children Born of War at the launch of the ERC funded “EuroWARCHILD” project. See here. Photo: PRIO / Laura Cortés
Interview: Norwegian news NRK
What do we know about "Children born of war" and what is needed to secure their basic human rights? Our chair of the board and managing director Ingvill C. Mochmann…
News article: CBOW project event Bristol March 2022
This week the Norwegian newsmagazine A-magasinet published an extensive article from the Children Born of War (CBOW) project event which took place at Hotel Bristol March 7th 2022. In addition to…
New generations continuing to work for CBOW rights
The Norwegian Children Born of War (CBOW) from World War II – the so-called “krigsbarn” - were the first group of children to fight for their rights. It was a great…
The Foundation Children Born of War Project officially launched
The Norway-based foundation, Children Born of War Project is now officially launched! Children born of war (CBOW) are children born by local women and fathered by a foreign/enemy soldier during and after…