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Children 鈥榖orn of war鈥�: a role for fathers? | International Affairs
Published: 6 October 2021
March 1, 2020聽| Children 鈥榖orn of war鈥� are increasingly recognized as a particular victim group in relevant international policy frameworks.聽Previous scholarship has primarily documented the challenges faced by their mothers as caregivers and as victims of wartime sexual violence, while a聽discussion on fathers to children 鈥榖orn of war鈥� is notably聽absent.聽Based on research in northern Uganda between 2016 and 2019, this article聽explores how some fathers seek to maintain a relationship with children born as the result of 鈥榝orced marriage鈥� and assume partial or full responsibility for their well-being and care.