We’re still taking in all the insightful discussions and shared stories from the seminar on November 17th — thank you for being part of it! We are truly grateful for…
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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…
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…
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…
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 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…
New book released „Children and Youth at Risk in Times of Transition. International and Interdisciplinary Perspectives”
New book released 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…
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…