A transgenerational perspective on conflict-related sexual violence:

Facing the Past – Transforming the Future

14th May 2018

Bosniak Institute, Sarajevo

Registration: 8.30 - 9.00 am

Welcome

Prof. Dr. Sabine Lee

9.00 - 9.30 am University of Birmingham, UK

Amra Delic
University of Greifswald, Germany/ Bosnian Association “Forgotten Children
of War”

9.30 – 11.30 am Panel I & II

Chair: Sabine Lee
Long-term consequences of conflict-related traumatic experiences and
sexual violence – a transgenerational perspective
Heide Glaesmer, University of Leipzig, Germany

Lesson learned from psychosocial approach in helping

victims/survivors of gender-based and conflict-related sexual violence
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
Esmina Avdibegovic, University of Tuzla, Bosnia and Herzegovina

11.30-12.00 am
Coffee break
12.00 am - 1.00 pm Healing of human rights violations needs memorisation and
recognition of society & politics - 25 years of experience of medica
mondiale in conflict & post-war regions
Monika Hauser, medica mondiale, Germany

Lunchbreak
1 pm - 2 pm
2:00 pm -3.30 pm Panel III
Afternoon session Chair: Sabina Alispahic, University of Sarajevo; Bosnia and Herzegovina
Mother-child attachment representations in traumatized refugee
mothers: Case examples from the Netherlands
Kimberley Anderson, Psychotraumacentrum Zuid Nederland, Reinier van
 Arkel Groep, ‘s-Hertogenbosch, Netherlands

Issues of identity and belonging across the lifespan of children born of

rape in Post-WWII-Germany
Sophie Roupetz, University of Leipzig, Germany

Lived experiences of children born of recent war in Bosnia and

Herzegovina – How we can make it better in post-conflict settings?
Amra Delic, University of Greifswald, Germany; Bosnian Association
“Forgotten Children of War”

3.30 pm – 4.00 pm Summary, discussion, future directions

4.00 pm - 4.30 pm
Coffee break
4.30 pm – 7.00 pm Film screening and roundtable discussion

Grbavica - Esma’s Secret

The film is about the life of a single mother in contemporary Sarajevo in the
aftermath of systematic rapes of women during the war in Bosnia. It shows,
through the eyes of the main character Esma, her teenage daughter Sara,
and others, how everyday life is still being shaped by the Yugoslav wars of the
1990s. The film was an international co-production between companies from
Bosnia, Austria, Croatia and Germany. It won the Golden Bear at the 56th
Berlin International Film Festival and it was Bosnia & Herzegovina's official
entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 79th Academy Awards.

Roundtable discussion with:

Ajna Jusic and Alen Muhic

Representatives from the Bosnian Association “Forgotten Children of War”

Lejla Damon
Representative of War Child’s Youth Engagement Panel, UK

Sabina Basic

Monika Hauser
NGO medica mondiale, Germany

Moderation: Prof. Dr. Sabine Lee

University of Birmingham, UK

7.00 – 9.00 pm
Dinner and reception