Gender, Conflict and Reintegration in Uganda

Name: Gender, Conflict and Reintegration in Uganda
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Gender, Conflict and Reintegration in UgandaAbducted Girls, Returning Women\nAuthor(s): Allen Kiconco\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367436346, 978-0367436346\nSynopsis\nThis book explores what happened when the tens of thousands of girls (now women) abducted by Lords Resistance Army and inducted into their campaign of violence against the Ugandan government, returned home. \n\nDrawing 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.