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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.
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.
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.
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