1st EuroWARCHILD Workshop
The EuroWARCHILD team organised its first academic and policy workshop, held on April 10-11, 2025, in Oslo, which brought together an esteemed group of scholars, researchers, and policy experts to engage in vital discussions about the experiences and needs of children born of war in Europe.
Human Rights Award for Bosnian Children Born of War
On 5 December 2024, the Bosnian “Forgotten Children of War Association” received the University of Oslo Human Rights Award, kicking off the Oslo Peace Days. The prize winners Ajna Jusic, Alen Muhic and Lejla Damon shared powerful stories about their upbringing as war children in Bosnia.
Foto: Yngve Vogt/UiO og Jarli&Jordan/UiO
EuroWARCHILD at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE)
On 19 June 2024, EuroWARCHILD’s Inger Skjelsbæk and Lina Stotz were invited to present at the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) in Vienna at a Breakfast Seminar on children born of war.
Image: Ghada Hazim/OSCE
Ingrid Aunes Award goes to EuroWARCHILD leader
The Ingrid Aune Memorial Foundation commemorates the legacy of politician Ingrid Aune, who passed away in 2019 at the age of 33. Annually, the foundation presents an award to individuals who have made notable journalistic or academic contributions on peace initiatives, gender equality, and the rights of women in conflict zones.
This year, the prize has been awarded to Inger Skjelsbæk for her research on sexual violence related to conflict. (Photo: Transit magasin)
STK and PRIO host the launch of the EuroWARCHILD project
On June 1st, the Centre for Gender Research and the PRIO Centre on Gender, Peace and Security 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.
First meeting of the EuroWARCHILD Project funded by the ERC Consolidator Grant programme
The Centre for Gender Research (STK) is pleased to announce that the EuroWARCHILD project was kicked off on January 20 2022, when the project participants were finally able to meet in person in Oslo. The project is funded through a Consolidator Grant of the European Research Council (ERC) from 2021-2026.
ERC Grant goes to Researcher at STK
Professor Inger Skjelsbæk has been awarded a Consolidator Grant by the European Research Council (ERC) for a project that seeks to understand the needs and rights of children born of war.
“I thought for a very long time that I was the only one. The hardest part has been the lack of belonging.”
-Lejla Damon,
Advocate for War Child and child born of war at the launch of the EuroWARCHILD Project