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Children ‘born of war: a role for fathers? / Oliveira, Camile; Baines, Erin

Baines, Erin	Journal Article
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In this article, we examine exceptional circumstances in which men who father children born as the result of conflict-related sexual violence assume full or partial responsibility for their child's well-being. Children ‘born of war’ are increasingly recognized as a particular victim group in relevant international policy frameworks. Their social status falls somewhere between the victimization of their mother and perpetration of their father. Given the circumstances of their birth, they often experience social rejection and loss of identity with a long-term impact on their well-being. Previous scholarship has primarily documented the challenges faced by their mothers as caregivers and as victims of wartime sexual violence. A discussion on fathers to children ‘born of war’ is absent, attributable not only to their perpetrator status, but also to the assumption that their identity is unknown or that a relationship between father and child is undesired. The article demonstrates this is not always the case. Based on research in northern Uganda between 2016 and 2019 which included interviews and focus group discussions with former male combatants in the rebel group the Lord's Resistance Army, we explore how some fathers seek to maintain a relationship with children born as the result of ‘forced marriage’ and assume partial or full responsibility for their well-being and care.

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Violence ; Responsibility ; Children Violence ; Children Rights ; Children Conflict

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Claiming rights under global governance childern's rights in Ar / Grugel, Jean; Peruzzotti, Enrique

Grugel, Jean	Journal Article
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Argentina ; Children Rights ; Global Norms ; Domestic Activism

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