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Displaced Sexuality: A Study of Gender Relations and Sexual Gender-Based Violence in the Context of Displacement in Northern Uganda - Couverture souple

Milsom, Christina Ann Swan; Berge, Borghild

 
9783639284898: Displaced Sexuality: A Study of Gender Relations and Sexual Gender-Based Violence in the Context of Displacement in Northern Uganda
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3639284895 ISBN 13 : 9783639284898
Editeur : VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, 2010

Synopsis

Sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) is a major threat to women's participation in development efforts. This work examines the impact of displacement on gender relations and SGBV in patriarchal and post-conflict Northern Uganda. More than 20 years of civil war between the Lord's Resistance Army and the Government of Uganda have left their mark on the Acholi people. As a consequence of massive displacement, a large number of men have failed to live up to traditional notions of masculinity, whilst many Acholi girls and women have experienced sexual violence perpetrated both by soldiers and civilians. Through an assessment of local perceptions and experiences of rape, forced sex between intimate partners and transactional sex, this work sheds light on some of the causes of SGBV and the circumstances in which it occurs. It also addresses ways in which SGBV can be prevented, drawing on the experience of various NGO professionals in the field.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Sexual gender-based violence (SGBV) is a major threat to women's participation in development efforts. This work examines the impact of displacement on gender relations and SGBV in patriarchal and post-conflict Northern Uganda. More than 20 years of civil war between the Lord's Resistance Army and the Government of Uganda have left their mark on the Acholi people. As a consequence of massive displacement, a large number of men have failed to live up to traditional notions of masculinity, whilst many Acholi girls and women have experienced sexual violence perpetrated both by soldiers and civilians. Through an assessment of local perceptions and experiences of rape, forced sex between intimate partners and transactional sex, this work sheds light on some of the causes of SGBV and the circumstances in which it occurs. It also addresses ways in which SGBV can be prevented, drawing on the experience of various NGO professionals in the field.

Biographie de l'auteur

Borghild Berge (left) is a journalist and works as Press Officer for Médecins Sans Frontières. Christina Milsom (right) has an MA (Cantab) in Social Anthropology from Cambridge University, and works as Education Advisor for the Strømme Foundation. This is their Master's thesis in Development Management at the University of Agder, Norway.

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Éditeur
VDM Verlag Dr. Müller
Date d'édition
2010
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3639284895
ISBN 13 
9783639284898
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
208
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