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Thursday, 23 Feb 2023

Don’t Forget the Children Born of War in Ukraine

Over nine months have passed since Russia’s attack on Ukraine. Several of the first Ukrainian women who became pregnant as a result of wartime sexual violence have now given birth to children who were conceived as a result of this violence. More will be born in the coming months. And ...

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Sunday, 19 Feb 2023

Ikke glem barna født av krigsvolden i Ukraina (Don’t Forget the Children Born of War in Ukraine)

PRIO GPS Centre Research Professor Inger Skjelsbæk and UiO Research Fellow Johanne Rokke Elvebakken have published an op.ed on Aftenposten on Children Born of War.

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Thursday, 1 Dec 2022

PRIO Data Reveals One in Six Children Live in a Conflict Zone

This week Save the Children launched its new report Stop the War on Children: The Forgotten Ones. The report is based on PRIO's annual mapping of children in armed conflict.

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Thursday, 23 Feb 2023

Don’t Forget the Children Born of War in Ukraine

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Wednesday, 30 Nov 2022

Fewer Children Affected by Conflict, but Conflict Intensity Is on the Rise

Today Save the Children launches its new report Stop the War on Children: The Forgotten Ones. The report is based on PRIO’s sixth annual mapping of children in armed conflict covering the period 1990-2021. In 2021 our estimates suggest that 449 million children, or more than 1 out of 6 ...

PRIO Paper

2022

Ex-Combatants’ Choices: Reintegrating Together or Alone – Effects on Political Participation

By Wenche Iren Hauge

Event Recording

Wednesday, 01 Jun 2022 09:30-12:30

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What Does It Mean to Be a Child Born of War?

Launch of the EuroWARCHILD Project

News

Sunday, 19 Feb 2023

Ikke glem barna født av krigsvolden i Ukraina (Don’t Forget the Children Born of War in Ukraine)

PRIO GPS Centre Research Professor Inger Skjelsbæk and UiO Research Fellow Johanne Rokke Elvebakken have published an op.ed on Aftenposten on Children Born of War.

Policy Brief

2022

Children Affected by Armed Conflict, 1990–2021

By Gudrun Østby, Siri Aas Rustad & Andrew Arasmith, Conflict Trends

News

Monday, 13 Jun 2022

Fulbright Article Prize 2022 Awarded to Gudrun Østby

The Fulbright Alumni Association Norway (FAAN) has by scholarly committee awarded Gudrun the Fulbright Article Prize for 2022.

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Thursday, 1 Dec 2022

PRIO Data Reveals One in Six Children Live in a Conflict Zone

This week Save the Children launched its new report Stop the War on Children: The Forgotten Ones. The report is based on PRIO's annual mapping of children in armed conflict.

Journal Article

2022

Children at Risk of Being Recruited by Armed Groups, 1990–2020

By Gudrun Østby, Siri Aas Rustad, Roos Haer & Andrew Arasmith in Children & Society

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Thursday, 2 Jun 2022

PRIO and STK Host the Launch of the EuroWARCHILD Project

On 1 June, the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security, and the University of Oslo's Centre for Gender Research (STK) hosted the launch of the EuroWARCHILD project. The launch brought together scholars and practitioners, as well as European war children, to discuss what it means to be a child born of war.