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

Klappentext This book explores what happened when the tens of thousands of girls (now women) abducted by Lord's Resistance Army and inducted into their campaign of violence against the Ugandan government, returned home. Drawing on extensive original research, the author considers the challenges which the formerly abducted women have encountered upon their return, the strategies which have been used to aid their reintegration, and the enduring stigma of abduction which they continue to suffer from. The author demonstrates that 'home', a place of hope and comfort, can also be a hostile environment which leaves formerly abducted women in precarious and vulnerable situations. The many shortcomings in the reintegration process have serious implications for the prospects of post-conflict reconstruction. Analysing reintegration as a long-term and dynamic process which involves complex negotiations and exchanges between hosting communities and formerly abducted women, this book will be of interest to scholars, policymakers and practitioners working in the fields of post-conflict reconstruction, African politics and gender and conflict. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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

Product details

• Authors: Allen Kiconco
• Publisher: Routledge Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 25.06.2021
• EAN: 9781032023083
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3202308-3
• No. of pages: 210
• Series: Routledge Studies on Gender and Sexuality in Africa
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Geography; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Gender Studies, Africa, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / African, Politics & government, Politics and government, War Crimes, Gender studies, gender groups, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Genocide and ethnic cleansing