Conferences

“Children born of war” are children who have been fathered by a foreign soldier belonging to an enemy, allied or peacekeeping force and a local woman. These children are often born with a stigma of belonging to the enemy and are often treated as such both at the social and political level. Little systematic evidence exists so far on this topic, however, and information on children born of war range from historical and personal documents, biographies, statistical data, medical data, questionnaire surveys and even photos. The aim of this session is to collect and discuss empirical evidence on this particular group from all disciplines and invites papers which 1) presents quantitative or qualitative data from a particular country and/or 2) compares empirical results across countries and/or 3) discusses challenges and possible solutions related to methodology and data collection in the analysis of children born of war.