Download or read book Gender Conflict and Reintegration in Uganda written by Allen Kiconco and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-06-24 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Silences and Empty Spaces written by Krista Stout and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Reintegration of Female Ex Abductees of the Lord s Resistance Army written by Gerald Ainebyona and published by LAP Lambert Academic Publishing. This book was released on 2011-10 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Driven by the war stigmatised vulnerabilities both during and after the over 20 years of the armed conflict in Northern Uganda, the author decided to examine the apartheid of gender, regarding the reintegration of female ex-abductees of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA). The horrific experiences these females encountered during the war, extremely traumatised them. The specific challenges they face in the post-conflict setting re-traumatise them. After a well researched study, Ainebyona addresses most of the current reintegration policy gaps. He is mainly against the "one-size-fits-all" reintegration policy. His Master Thesis has attracted numerous researchers, professors, students in most fields, Non-governmental organisations which are trying to address such problems and publishers.
Download or read book Gender Conflict and Development written by Tsjeard Bouta and published by World Bank Publications. This book was released on 2005 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication focuses on the gender dimensions of intrastate conflicts (civil wars), organised around eight key themes of gender and warfare, sexual violence, formal and informal peace processes, post-conflict legal frameworks, work issues, rehabilitation of social services and community-driven development. For each theme, the authors examine the impact on gender roles of conflict situations, the development challenges involved, and the policy options available to help build more inclusive and gender balanced post-conflict societies.
Download or read book Women in Peacemaking and Peacebuilding in Northern Uganda written by Sidonia Angom and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-12 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book analyses the two decades of the brutal civil war of northern Uganda. The author modified Lederach's peacebuilding framework to include peacemaking to bring out the argument that women and men make significant contributions to the peace processes and point out women’s position as top leadership actors. The book uncovers the under-emphasised role of women in peacemaking and building. From grassroots to national level, women were found to have organised themselves and assumed roles as advocates, negotiators and mobilisers. The actions by women became evident at the stalemated Juba peace talks when women presented the Peace Torch to the peace negotiating teams who on the occasion shook hands for the first time and peace was ushered in. Their initiatives and non-violent actions offer lessons to resolve civil conflicts in Africa. The book recommends that women should undergo relevant training in times of peace as this would make them more effective in times of need.
Download or read book Gender Peacebuilding and Reconstruction written by Caroline Sweetman and published by Oxfam. This book was released on 2005 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of articles explores conflict prevention through development projects in places where resources are scarce, and age-old agreements between groups come under strain.
Download or read book War Gender and Traumatisation written by Ruth Ojiambo Ochieng and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 21 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Gender and Conflict written by Jhanet Sebunya and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Research As More Than Extraction written by Annie Bunting and published by . This book was released on 2023-07-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book contributes to an increasingly significant interdisciplinary field that focuses on ethics, methods, and the politics of gender-based violence. Its contributors, the majority of whom are based in Africa, offer concrete examples of how to undertake responsible research in African contexts.
Download or read book Security and Post Conflict Reconstruction written by and published by Routledge. This book was released on with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A World Turned Upside Down written by Neil Boothby and published by Kumarian Press. This book was released on 2006 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: * Authors with wide-ranging experience with children in war zones across the globe * Looks at the psychology of children’s experiences in conflict in the context of their families and communities A World Turned Upside Down looks at the experiences of children in war from a psychological and social ecological perspective, offering thoughtful observations and dispelling myths about what results when children grow up in conflict situations. In contrast to individualized approaches, the volume offers a deeper conceptualization that shows the socially mediated impacts of war. Children exposed to the same traumatic experiences may have different reactions and needs for psychosocial support. Further, psychosocial assistance to war-affected children often occurs not through the provision of therapy by outsiders but via support from insiders. Each contributor has worked extensively with children in war zones in Europe, Africa, Latin America, and Asia. They refrain from common perceptions of children as victims of war-induced trauma to provide a holistic understanding of children’s experiences. Each helps pinpoint ways to reduce further violence, foster well-being and nurture the kinds of social connections that can liberate children from the pathologies of war so that they can mature into healthy and well-adjusted adults. Other contributors: Alastair Ager, Cairo Arafat, Catherine Chen, Amy E. Hepburn, Kathleen Kostelny, Siobhán McEvoy-Levy, Susan McKay, Dahab Musleh and Carl Triplehorn
Download or read book Ending Africa s Wars written by Roy May and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Post-colonial Africa has seemingly been in an intractable state of conflict and war for a considerable period of time. This volume explores the process by which these wars were ended, discusses the lessons learnt, and examines the sustainability of recently reconciled conflicts to see how far peace solutions are permanent in this region. Ending Africa's Wars is an important and timely book for all those interested in conflict, democracy, international organizations, civil society, refugees, gender and the economic reconstruction of Africa.
Download or read book Research as More Than Extraction written by Annie Bunting and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2023-10-24 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers practical, detailed guidance and case studies on how to avoid exacerbating inequalities while researching gender-based violence and other related issues in Africa. Wartime violence and its aftermath present numerous practical, ethical, and political challenges that are especially acute for researchers working on gender-based and sexual violence. Drawing upon applied examples from across the African continent, this volume features unique contributions from researchers and practitioners with decades of experience developing research partnerships, designing and undertaking fieldwork, asking sensitive questions, negotiating access, collecting and evaluating information, and validating results. These are all endeavors that also raise pressing ethical questions, especially in relation to retraumatization, social stigma, and even payment of participants. Ethical and methodological questions cannot be separated from political and institutional considerations. Systems of privilege and marginalization cannot be wished away, so they need to be both interrogated and contested. This is where precedents and power relations established under colonialism and imperialism take center stage. Europeans have been extracting valuable resources from the African continent for centuries. Research into gender-based violence risks being yet another extractive industry. There are times when committed individuals can make valuable contributions to a more equitable future, but funding streams, knowledge hierarchies, and institutional positions continue to have powerful effects. Accordingly, the contributors to this volume also concentrate upon the layered effects of power and position, relationships between researchers, organizations, and communities, and the political economy of knowledge production; this brings into focus questions about how and why information gets generated, for which kinds of audiences, and for whose benefit.
Download or read book Children Affected by Armed Conflict written by Myriam Denov and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-08 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Societal turbulence, state collapse, religious and ethnic conflict, poverty, hunger, and social exclusion all underlie children's involvement in armed conflict. Drawing from empirical studies in eleven conflict-ridden countries, including Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Colombia, Uganda, Palestine, Somalia, Liberia, Sierra Leone, Sudan, and South Sudan, Children Affected by Armed Conflict crosses cultures and contexts to capture a range of perspectives on the realities of armed conflict and its aftermath for children. Children Affected by Armed Conflict upends traditional views by emphasizing the experience of girls as well as boys, the unique social and contextual backgrounds of war-affected children, and the resilience and agency such children often display. Including children who are victims of, participants in, and witnesses to armed conflict in their analyses, the contributors to this volume highlight innovative methodologies that directly involve war-affected children in the research process. This validates the perspectives of children and ensures more effective outcomes in postwar reintegration and recovery. Deficits-based models do not account for the realities many war-affected children face. The alternative approaches presented in this edited collection—which acknowledge the realities of both trauma and resilience—aim to generate more effective policies and intervention strategies in the face of a growing global public health crisis.
Download or read book Women and Land Conflicts A Focus on Post Conflict Northern Uganda written by Christine Apio and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The two decades armed conflict that began in the 1980s between the Lords Resistance Army (LRA) and the Ugandan government ravaged northern Uganda. The conflict displaced over 1.8 million people in northern Uganda, and shattered womens livelihoods and access to land- a major productive resources. The war did not only disrupt the traditional set up of land, but reconstructed the notion of land and social relations around land access and ownership. The phenomenon of land conflicts that unfolded in the region following the end of the conflict in 2006 led to deep social exclusion and divisions, disproportionately affecting women. It curtailed womens land rights and access, undermined their ability to engage in productive activities, thus threatening their self-reliance and empowerment. The paper examines the reason behind land conflicts in Acholi sub-region, how women are affected, and the forms of agency women have within the structures that perpetuate and sustain land conflict. My findings show that various multifaceted factors are behind land conflict phenomena in Acholi. These includes LRA displacement, large-scale land acquisitions for commercial purpose, weak land governance and institutions among others. The findings further show how complex and powerful structures and actors are perpetuating and sustaining land conflicts in Acholi. State institutions at central and local level such as the Ministries of Land and Tourism, District Land Boards, Acholi cultural institution, private commercial investors, political elites are directly involved in land grabbing. The resultant escalation of land conflicts in the region has disproportionately impacted women compared to men. The paper shows how Acholi women are not passive actors when confronted with land conflict. They possess a strong sense of agency, are willing and able to demand their land claims and resist land dispossessions regardless of the means. For example, Acholi women have actively resisted large-scale land acquisitions through nude protests to protect their usufructs rights to customary land. I conclude by highlighting the implications of the study on post-conflict reconstruction efforts and suggesting some recommendations. The paper recommends policy initiatives aimed at raising womens consciousness on land issues to be able openly speak out, voice their land claims and resist land dispossessions. Empowering and supporting womens agency is critical to achieving this. Women activism must begin to shift from usufruct rights as disempowering to women and begin to focus on the potential to exert resistance by women as land users. Most importantly, for empowerment to be meaningful, institutions responsible for implementing and monitoring land policies must be strengthened, accountable, transparent and non-partisan.
Download or read book Gender Myths and Feminist Fables written by Andrea Cornwall and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-23 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together leading feminist thinkers whoexamine the struggles for interpretive power which underliesinternational development. Questions why the insights from years of feminist gender anddevelopment research are so often turned into ‘gendermyths’ and ‘feminist fables’: women are morelikely to care for the environment; are better at working together;are less corrupt; have a seemingly infinite capacity tosurvive Explores how bowdlerized and impoverished representations ofgender relations have simultaneously come to be embedded indevelopment policy and practice Traces the ways in which language and images of development arerelated to practice and provides a nuanced account of the politicsof knowledge production Argues that struggles for interpretive power are not onlyimportant for our own sake, but also for the implications they havefor women’s lives worldwide An informed analysis of how ‘gender’ has beentransformed in its transfer into development policy and how manyauthors are now revisiting and reflecting on their earlierwork
Download or read book Handbook on Gender and War written by Simona Sharoni and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-07-27 with total page 615 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This interdisciplinary Handbook offers a comprehensive and detailed overview of the relationship between gender and war, exploring the conduct of war, its impact, aftermath and opposition to it. Offering sophisticated theoretical insights and empirical research from the First World War to contemporary conflicts around the world, this Handbook underscores the centrality of gender to critical examinations of war.
