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Seminar 17 November 2025: Children of the Enemy – When the War Doesn’t End
What can history teach us about children born of war – and why does it still matter today? On 17 November 2025, The CBOW Project and Women in Global Health…
Preserving History and Raising Awareness for Children Born of War
Last week, the Children Born of War Project shared research findings with field practitioners and worked on safeguarding historical archives. On Tuesday, 23 September, our chairwoman, Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard, gave…
New Podcast Episode on CBOW with Emily Prey
Emily Prey, co-author of the report Children Born of War: Considerations for Policymakers with Chairwoman Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard, appears on the latest episode of The Fletcher Forum of World Affairs…
Exploring Collaboration with Save the Children to Support Children Born of War
Last week CBOW Project Chairwoman Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard and Advisor Torunn Festøy had the opportunity to discuss important topics and shared interests with Save the Children in Oslo. Some of…
CBOW Newsletter No. 1 2025
Our work hasn’t paused — even if our newsletters did for a moment. Thank you for sticking with us, we’re excited to share what we’ve been working on in the…
CBOW Annual Report 2024
We are pleased to announce that the annual report 2024 of the CBOW project is now public and available. The report includes the following topics: Mission and Vision Executive Summary Training Engagements…
Exhibition on Children of the Lebensborn
On 28 March, Kunsthal Rotterdam opened the exhibition Lebensborn by photographer Angeniet Berkers. The exhibition showcases the powerful and deeply personal stories behind her book Lebensborn – Birth Politics in…
New Documentary Sheds Light on Rwanda’s Children Born of War
Thirty years after the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi in Rwanda, a new documentary, The Things We Don’t Say, directed by Ornella Mutoni, brings to the forefront the stories of…
Book Review of Children and Youth at Risk
Review by Flavia Guerrini. First published in German in: Bildung und Erziehung, 78 (2025), 1, pp-161-163. Baard Herman Borge/Elke Kleinau/Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard (eds.) (2024): Children and Youth at Risk in…
BBC interview on rehabilitation of child soldiers and children born of war in Uganda
Last week, Komakech Wilfred, program director at the Children Born of War Project’s partner organization, The Grassroots Reconciliation Group (GRG), was interviewed by the BBC. He shared his harrowing experience…
Considerations for policymakers to secure the rights of children born of war
Considerations for policymakers to secure the rights of children born of war CBOW Project chairwoman and managing director Ingvill Constanze Ødegaard and Emily Prey, New Lines’ Director of Gender Policy,…
Human Rights Prize awarded to Forgotten Children of War Association
The Children Born of War Project warmly congratulates the Bosnian “Forgotten Children of War” Association with the Human Rights Award of the University of Oslo. November 11th 2024 the University…
UNESCO-CODATA: Data policies for crisis now open for comments
The Children Born of War Project is honoured to be part of the UNESCO-CODATA working group on Data Policy for Times of Crisis facilitated by Open Science. The policy has…
New DRC pilot project “Addressing the needs of children conceived in sexual violence in conflict settings”
The CBOW project is honoured to be part of the pilot on “Addressing the needs of children conceived in sexual violence in conflict settings”, organized by the Geneva Center of…
CBOW Newsletter No. 2 2024
We are currently very busy with new project and initiatives. Here some of the main news and developments: CBOW at “UNESCO-CODATA Data Policy for Times of Crisis Facilitated by Open…
CBOW at “UNESCO-CODATA Data Policy for Times of Crisis Facilitated by Open Science”
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…
CBOW Newsletter No.1 2024
Newsletter No. 1 2024It 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! Here…
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 successful executed about CRSV survivors & Children Born of War (CBOW) The answers to these questions are extremely important for Ukraine which is faced with the occupation of…