Governments,internationalorganizations,andinternationallawsandcourtsincreasinglypayattentiontoconflict-relatedsexualviolence.ThecoreoftheUNWomenPeaceandSecurityAgendaisstoppingconflict-relatedsexualviolenceagainstwomen.Yet,withovertwodecadesofgrapplingwithconflict-relatedsexualviolenceanditslegacies,thereisonlypassingmentionofthepotentialandobviousoutcomesofsexualviolence:pregnancy,abortion,forcedmaternity.Whatdoweknowaboutchildrenconceivedthroughactsofsexualabuse?Whataretheirlifechances?Howdotheyexistwiththeirmothersandwithintheirfamilies?Inthiscollectionwehearfromtheleadingresearchersandpractitionersfromaroundtheglobe,eachofwhomhasspentdecadesworkingwithwomenwhosurvivedwartimerapeandwiththeirchildrenwhoweretheresultofthatviolence.Thisground-breakingcollectionexploresthelifecyclesofchildrenbornofwartimerapeacrosstimeandspace.Itshineslightonwhyyoungpeoplebornofrapeareorarenotablerejointheirfamiliesandsocietyinthepost-conflict.Itexploresthedifferentwaysthesechildrenlearnabouttheiroriginsandhowthey,theirfamiliesandsocietiesreacttothatunderstanding.Itrevealsthelocal,national,andinternationalactionsofhowchildrenbornofwartimerapeandtheirfamiliesarepositionedinsocietyandhowtheystrivetotranscendthisandpositionthemselvesastheymovefromabuse,marginalizationandpainintobelongingandjustice.
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