New Interview: "Hvordan tar vi i mot krigsbarna?"

(Text in Norwegian)

"Korleis behandlar me krigsbarna? Ei kvinne som får barn med ein soldat eller annan part i konflikten i ein krigssituasjon, risikerer å bli fordømt av samfunnet. Det gjeld også barnet som blir fødd. Krigsbarn opplever ofte å bli utstøytte, sjølv etter at krigen offisielt er over. No kjem barn fødde av kvinner som verva seg til IS tilbake til Noreg. Korleis tek me imot dei? Kan me lære noko av måten me behandla barn av norske kvinner og tyske soldatar etter andre verdskrigen"

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New Thesis: 'I feel out of place': children born into the Lord's Resistance Army and the politics of belonging

New Thesis by Stewart, Beth W.

"In the aftermath of nearly three decades of conflict in northern Uganda, children born into the rebel group the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) experience social, economic, and political exclusion. Thousands were born to mothers and often fathers who were abducted by the LRA and forced to marry inside the rebel group."

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PhD on Children Born of War in Colombia

Congratulations to Tatiana Sanchez Parra!

April 6 2018: Tatiana Sanchez Parra, Department of Sociology, University of Essex, UK, defended her PhD “Born of War in Colombia: Narratives of Unintelligibility, Contested Identities, and the Memories of Absence”. Her thesis addresses the production and reproduction of narratives about children born as a result of war-related sexual violence in Colombia and focuses on the social processes though which they have become part of realities of the armed conflict that are apprehended by the Colombian government, human rights organisations and transitional justice agencies, the media, and the communities.

External examiner and INIRC-CBOW network founder Professor Ingvill C. Mochmann, PhD candidate Tatiana Sanchez Parra, internal examiner Professor Nigel G. South, University of Essex

External examiner and INIRC-CBOW network founder Professor Ingvill C. Mochmann, PhD candidate Tatiana Sanchez Parra, internal examiner Professor Nigel G. South, University of Essex

CHILD SOLDIERS WORLD INDEX

"The global authority on the recruitment and use of children by state armed forces and non-state armed groups. This global map visualises trends in the military exploitation of children according to three essential criteria: ratification of OPAC (the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the involvement of children in armed conflict), minimum recruitment age, and use of children in hostilities. Click on any country to see full details of the national legal framework, policies and practices."

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