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Children Born of War - Past, Present and Future

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Objective

The physical and psychosocial impact of armed conflict on children is immense and particularly so, if these children are associated with the enemy. Overwhelming evidence suggests that children born of war (CBOW), i.e. children fathered by foreign soldiers and born to local mothers have been and continue to be a major obstacle to successful integration of both their mothers and themselves into post-conflict societies. At a global level, previous UN studies have further emphasized the lack of research on children born out of forced pregnancies in armed conflict. The proposed network addresses the described shortcomings by advancing the knowledge base through systematic analysis of lived experiences of CBOW in a variety of 20th century conflict and post-conflict situations.
The main research goal is to further our understanding of how (if at all) CBOW in conflict and post-conflict situations are integrated into society; how (if at all) militaries, governments, and nongovernmental policy makers assist this integration process; and how the children's lived experiences reflect broader societal attitudes to memories of war and vice versa. Our vision is to promote scientific excellence by exploiting the specific research expertise and infrastructure of the co-ordinating partner and all participants in order to advance the research competencies and employability of early career researchers. Their enhanced understanding of the challenges of CBOW in volatile societies will inform the normative debates and, ultimately, policies on the reintegration of CBOW into post-conflict societies. By combining historical, social empirical, psychiatric, political, legal, memory, public health and development studies with the discourse surrounding currently enacted humanitarian intervention, insights gained from this network will surpass existing knowledge and will help improve on current integration efforts.

Programme(s)

H2020-EU.1.3.1. - Fostering new skills by means of excellent initial training of researchers

Topic(s)

MSCA-ITN-2014-ETN - Marie Skłodowska-Curie Innovative Training Networks (ITN-ETN)

Call for proposal

H2020-MSCA-ITN-2014

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Funding Scheme

MSCA-ITN-ETN - European Training Networks

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Coordinator

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Address

Edgbaston
B15 2tt Birmingham

United Kingdom

Activity type

Higher or Secondary Education Establishments

EU Contribution

€ 819 863,64

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UNIVERSITAET LEIPZIG

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 498 432,96

MAX WEBER STIFTUNG DEUTSCHE GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTLICHE INSTITUTE IM AUSLAND

Germany

UNIVERSITE DE ROUEN NORMANDIE

France

EU Contribution

€ 525 751,20

LATVIJAS UNIVERSITATE

Latvia

EU Contribution

€ 223 577,64

UNIWERSYTET SLASKI

Poland

EU Contribution

€ 224 137,44

KLAIPEDOS UNIVERSITETAS

Lithuania

EU Contribution

€ 220 442,76

UNIVERSITATSMEDIZIN GREIFSWALD KORPERSCHAFT DES OFFENTLICHEN RECHTS

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 249 216,48

UNIVERZITA JANA EVANGELISTY PURKYNE V USTI NAD LABEM

Czechia

EU Contribution

€ 232 422,48

LUDWIG BOLTZMANN GESELLSCHAFT OSTERREICHISCHE VEREINIGUNG ZUR FORDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTLICHEN FORSCHUNG

Austria

EU Contribution

€ 255 934,08

STICHTING REINIER VAN ARKEL

Netherlands

EU Contribution

€ 255 374,28

UNIVERSITAET AUGSBURG

Germany

EU Contribution

€ 224 137,44

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All Saints University Lira

PRESIDENT AND FELLOWS OF HARVARD COLLEGE

GESIS-LEIBNIZ-INSTITUT FUR SOZIALWISSENSCHAFTEN EV

MAX WEBER STIFTUNG DEUTSCHE GEISTESWISSENSCHAFTLICHE INSTITUTE IM AUSLAND

IRONBRIDGE GORGE MUSEUM TRUST LBG

ICON-INSTITUTE GmbH & Co. KG Consulting Gruppe

OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

Interperform

Facilitation for Peace and Development

TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY

Centre for Children in Vulnerable Situations

BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATION

STATE EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION OF HIGHER PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION RUSSIANSTATE UNIVERSITY FOR THE HUMANITIES

Project information

CHIBOW

Grant agreement ID: 642571

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 March 2015
End date

28 February 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.1.3.1.

Overall budget:

€ 3 729 290,65
EU contribution

€ 3 729 290,40

Coordinated by:

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

United Kingdom

Periodic Reporting for period 1 - CHIBOW (Children Born of War - Past, Present and Future)

Reporting period: 2015-03-01 to 2017-02-28

Summary of the context and overall objectives of the project

As described forcefully by consecutive Special Representatives of the UN Secretary General (UNSRSG) for Children Armed Conflict, the physical and psychosocial impact of armed conflict on children is immense. This is true for all children directly and indirectly affected by hostilities, but the impact is particularly pervasive, if children are associated with the enemy.

The EU acknowledges that at any one given time, at least 300,000 children are participating in armed conflict globally. Studies have further documented the physical and psychosocial impact of armed conflict on children within armed groups as well as during post-conflict situations; and particularly so, if children are perceived to be associated with the enemy – however the enemy may be defined. Yet some significant aspects of this phenomenon have not been addressed in research leading to very considerable personal and societal costs. Researchers and practitioners generally agree that social, economic and political aspects of reintegration are inextricably linked. Overwhelming evidence suggests that CBOW, not only those who are born as a result of systematic rape and forced pregnancies by enemy soldiers but also children born as a result of consensual relations, have been and continue to be a major obstacle to successful integration of both their mothers and themselves into post-conflict societies.

The overall research aim of the CHIBOW project is to improve understanding of the experiences, life courses, educational, social, health outcomes of CBOW relative to their age cohorts in conflict and post-conflict situations through the development of a broader and more advanced knowledge base. By linking historical and anthropological understanding with psychological and psychotherapeutic approaches within an intersectoral setting that directly addresses the translation of research outcomes into strategic programming, this research is both original and innovative. It will aid directly the development of strategies leading to more sustainable solutions to the problem of integration of children fathered by foreign soldiers, or those who have been the result of relationships or gender-based violence rooted in war, into their local communities. Equally significantly for the individuals themselves, it is envisaged that on the basis of a better understanding of the factors contributing to the marginalisation of CBOW more specific intervention at local level will aid the prevention of trauma associated with stigmatization and identity issues experienced by large groups of CBOW and thus mitigate the adverse effect of the children’s biological origin.

Work performed from the beginning of the project to the end of the period covered by the report and main results achieved so far

Progress beyond the state of the art and expected potential impact (including the socio-economic impact and the wider societal implications of the project so far)

CHIBOW ATC 5 (Oral History workshop) at the German Historical Institute, Warsaw, Poland - Sept 2016

CHIBOW kick-off meeting at Birmingham University, UK - November 2015

CHIBOW ATC 5 at the German Historical Institute Warsaw, Poland – September 2016

CHIBOW ATC 1 & 2 at the University of Graz, Austria - February 2016

CHIBOW network open day at the University of Salzburg, Austria – July 2016

CHIBOW ATC 3 & 4 at Reinier Van Arkel, Den Bosch, Netherlands – June 2016

CHIBOW ATC 1 & 2 at the University of Graz, Austria - February 2016

Project information

CHIBOW

Grant agreement ID: 642571

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 March 2015
End date

28 February 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.1.3.1.

Overall budget:

€ 3 729 290,65
EU contribution

€ 3 729 290,40

Coordinated by:

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Deliverables

Other (12)

ATC3

ATC delivered

Network Open Day (during ATC3/4)

Open Day planned and delivered by ESRs with support of participants

Institutional Outreach

ESR and supervisor participation in inst. Outreach On-going from month 9

ATC6

ATC delivered

ATC5

ATC delivered

Collaboration with policy-makers

Meetings held with relevant platforms e.g. History and Policy On-going from month 12

Publications in peer-reviewed journals

Submitted by ESRs and supervisors Periodic from month 33

ATC4

ATC delivered

Policy Briefs

Research results translated into policy briefs Periodic from month 33

ATC2

ATC delivered

Outreach through AHRC-CBOW network

Dissemination of research progress and outcomes via website On-going from month 18

ATC1

ATC delivered

Websites, patent fillings, videos etc. (4)

Training Materials based on ATCs

Material reviewed and made publically available via network website

Musical Vaterland

Participation in production and completion of CBOW musical

Network Website

Website operational

BBC Documentary

Participation in production and completion of documentary on CBOW

Publications

Peer reviewed articles (18)

Depression, Somatization, and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in Children Born of Occupation After World War II in Comparison With a General Population

Author(s): Marie Kaiser, Philipp Kuwert, Elmar Braehler, Heide Glaesmer

Published in: The Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease, Issue 203/10, 2015, Page(s) 742-748, ISSN 0022-3018

DOI: 10.1097/nmd.0000000000000361

Feeling within the nation, thinking within the system. Governmental policies aimed at dealing with Czech-German children and their families at the beginning of the socialist dictatorship

Author(s): Michal Korhel

Published in: Historie – Otázky – Problémy (History, Issues, Problems), 2018, Page(s) 11-25, ISSN 2336-6672

Childhood maltreatment in children born of occupation after WWII in Germany and its association with mental disorders

Author(s): Heide Glaesmer, Philipp Kuwert, Elmar Braehler, Marie Kaiser

Published in: International Psychogeriatrics, Issue 29/07, 2017, Page(s) 1147-1156, ISSN 1041-6102

DOI: 10.1017/s1041610217000369

Besatzungskinder in Polen

Author(s): Maren Röger

Published in: Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte, Issue 65/1, 2017, Page(s) 26-51, ISSN 0042-5702

DOI: 10.1515/vfzg-2017-0002

Sprawozdanie z warsztatów Memory, remembrance and forgetting: Construction of Identity, Warszawa 28–30 września 2016 r.

Author(s): Jakub Gałeziowski

Published in: Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej, Issue 7, 2017, ISSN 2084-0578

DOI: 10.26774/wrhm.185

Soviet children of occupation in Austria: The historical, political and social background and its consequences

Author(s): Barbara Stelzl-Marx

Published in: European Review of History: Revue européenne d'histoire, Issue 22/2, 2015, Page(s) 277-291, ISSN 1350-7486

DOI: 10.1080/13507486.2015.1008416

Implementation of a SenseMaker® research project among Syrian refugees in Lebanon

Author(s): Nour Bakhache, Saja Michael, Sophie Roupetz, Stephanie Garbern, Harveen Bergquist, Colleen Davison, Susan Bartels

Published in: Global Health Action, Issue 10/1, 2017, Page(s) 1362792, ISSN 1654-9716

DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1362792

Longitudinal Development of Primary and Secondary Posttraumatic Growth in Aging Veterans and Their Wives: Domain-Specific Trajectories

Author(s): Rahel Bachem, Saskia Mitreuter, Yafit Levin, Jacob Y. Stein, Zhou Xiao, Zahava Solomon

Published in: Journal of Traumatic Stress, Issue 31/5, 2018, Page(s) 730-741, ISSN 0894-9867

DOI: 10.1002/jts.22331

Making sense of child, early and forced marriage among Syrian refugee girls: a mixed methods study in Lebanon

Author(s): Susan Andrea Bartels, Saja Michael, Sophie Roupetz, Stephanie Garbern, Lama Kilzar, Harveen Bergquist, Nour Bakhache, Colleen Davison, Annie Bunting

Published in: BMJ Global Health, Issue 3/1, 2017, Page(s) e000509, ISSN 2059-7908

DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2017-000509

Aufwachsen als Besatzungskind des Zweiten Weltkrieges in Deutschland - Hintergründe und Vorgehen einer Befragung deutscher Besatzungskinder

Author(s): Marie Kaiser, Philipp Kuwert and Heide Glaesmer

Published in: Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, Issue Vol. 61, No. 2, 2015, Page(s) 191-205, ISSN 1438-3608

Should the definition of the term “children born of war”

Author(s): Amra Delić

Published in: Acta Medica Academica, Issue 46/1, 2017, Page(s) 67-69, ISSN 1840-1848

DOI: 10.5644/ama2006-124.191

Tagungsbericht

Author(s): Roupetz, Sophie; Schretter, Lukas; Haberkern, Lisa

Published in: Trauma und Gewalt, Issue 12/03, 2018, Page(s) 271-273, ISSN 1863-7167

DOI: 10.21706/tg-12-3-271

Mothers with children born of sexual violence: Perceptions of global experts regarding support in social care settings

Author(s): Kimberley Anderson, Elisa van Ee

Published in: Health Care for Women International, 2018, Page(s) 1-19, ISSN 0739-9332

DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2018.1522319

„Etyczny zwrot” w polskiej historii mówionej

Author(s): Jakub Gałeziowski, Joanna Urbanek

Published in: Wrocławski Rocznik Historii Mówionej, Issue 7, 2017, ISSN 2084-0578

DOI: 10.26774/wrhm.165

Aufwachsen als „Besatzungskind des Zweiten Weltkrieges“ in Deutschland – Hintergründe und Vorgehen einer Befragung deutscher „Besatzungskinder“

Author(s): Marie Kaiser, Philipp Kuwert, Heide Glaesmer

Published in: Zeitschrift für Psychosomatische Medizin und Psychotherapie, 2015, Page(s) 191–205, ISSN 2084-0578

Women and the War on Boko Haram: Wives, Weapons, Witnesses

Author(s): Eleanor Seymour

Published in: Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines, 2018, Page(s) 1-2, ISSN 0008-3968

DOI: 10.1080/00083968.2018.1462972

Mothers and Children Exposed to Intimate Partner Violence: A Review of Treatment Interventions

Author(s): Kimberley Anderson, Elisa van Ee

Published in: International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Issue 15/9, 2018, Page(s) 1955, ISSN 1660-4601

DOI: 10.3390/ijerph15091955

Rejection, acceptance and the spectrum between: understanding male attitudes and experiences towards conflict-related sexual violence in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Author(s): Jocelyn Kelly, Katherine Albutt, Justin Kabanga, Kimberley Anderson, Michael VanRooyen

Published in: BMC Women's Health, Issue 17/1, 2017, ISSN 1472-6874

DOI: 10.1186/s12905-017-0479-7

Book chapters (1)

Stigmatisierungserfahrungen deutscher Besatzungskinder des Zweiten Weltkrieges

Author(s): Aßmann AL, Kaiser M, Schomerus G, Kuwert P, Glaesmer H

Published in: Trauma und Gewalt, Issue 9(4), 2015, Page(s) 294-303

Conference proceedings (1)

Children Born of War, State of the Art, and Latvia: Approaches, Methods, and Data In: Saleniece, Irēna. History: Sources and People.

Author(s): Gruziņš, Oskars

Published in: Proceedings of the 26th International Scientific Readings of the Faculty of Humanities. History XX, 2017, Page(s) 111-120

Project information

CHIBOW

Grant agreement ID: 642571

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 March 2015
End date

28 February 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.1.3.1.

Overall budget:

€ 3 729 290,65
EU contribution

€ 3 729 290,40

Coordinated by:

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

Project information

CHIBOW

Grant agreement ID: 642571

Project website

Status

Closed project

Start date

1 March 2015
End date

28 February 2019

Funded under:

H2020-EU.1.3.1.

Overall budget:

€ 3 729 290,65
EU contribution

€ 3 729 290,40

Coordinated by:

THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM

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