Description
| Product ID: | 9781032023083 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Series: | Routledge Studies on Gender and Sexuality in Africa |
| Title: | Gender, Conflict and Reintegration in Uganda |
| Subtitle: | Abducted Girls, Returning Women |
| Authors: | Author: Allen Kiconco |
| Page Count: | 200 |
| Subjects: | Genocide and ethnic cleansing, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Gender studies, gender groups, Politics and government, War crimes, Gender studies, gender groups, Politics & government, War crimes, Africa |
| Description: | 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. 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. |
| Imprint Name: | Routledge |
| Publisher Name: | Taylor & Francis Ltd |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-05-31 |
