Gender, Conflict and Reintegration in Uganda - Abducted Girls, Returning Women

This book explores what happened when thousands of girls abducted by Lord's Resistance Army and inducted into their campaign of violence against the Ugandan government, returned home. Of interest to scholars, policymakers and practitioners in the fields of post-conflict reconstruction, African politics and gender and conflict.

List of contents

1. Introduction 2. Culture, Spirituality and Cleansing Rituals 3. Abduction and Forced Marriage in the Context of Conflict 4. Stigmatisation not Reintegration 5. Post-Captivity Marriage 6. The Return Home Process 7. Conclusion

About the author

Dr Allen Kiconco received her PhD in African Studies from the Department of African Studies and Anthropology, the University of Birmingham in 2015. Since October 2017, she has been a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa.

Summary

This book explores what happened when thousands of girls abducted by Lord’s Resistance Army and inducted into their campaign of violence against the Ugandan government, returned home. Of interest to scholars, policymakers and practitioners in the fields of post-conflict reconstruction, African politics and gender and conflict.

Product details

• Authors: Allen Kiconco, Allen (University of the Witwatersrand Kiconco
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.2021
• EAN: 9780367436346
• ISBN: 978-0-367-43634-6
• No. of pages: 208
• Series: Routledge Studies on Gender and Sexuality in Africa
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; Uganda, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Warfare & defence, Social and cultural anthropology, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Warfare and defence, Peace studies & conflict resolution, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / African Studies