Ajna Jusić

Ajna Jusić is a Bosnia and Herzegovina advocate for children, like herself, who were born after rape during war. She founded an organisation, Forgotten Children of War, and both she and the organisation have won awards.

Life Jusić was born in 1993 in Zenica. Her mother was one of tens of thousands of women who were raped during the Yugoslav Wars and Jusić was one of the 4,000 children who resulted from those war crimes. Her mother did not tell her about her origins, and she found out about what had happened to her at 15 when trying to identify her father. Awardees: (Back row) Jusić at far left, Rina Gonoi, Fatou Baldeh, Rabha El Haymar, Myintzu Win, Fawzia Karim Firoze, Volha Harbunova, Agather Atuhaire. Front row to left: Fariba Balouch, Fátima Corozo, Benafsha Yaqoobi Twenty-five years after she was born, she met Monika Hauser in Sarajevo. The organisation's campaigning has resulted in changes to the law in Bosnia and Herzegovina which means that children, like herself, who were born as the result of rape are treated equally under the law. The ICIP award was also given to the Association of Women Victims of War (Udruženje Žena žrtva rata) which is a related organisation founded in 2004 that is also concerned about bringing the war rapists to justice. on 4 March. After the IWOC ceremony the awardees were invited to take part in the State department's International Visitor Leadership Program where they meet each other and others interested in their work.