To Live in Peace

Women Ex‐combatants in Burundi and Northern Uganda Envision Psychosocial Well‐being

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ID11218666
AuthorsMartha Bragin (0000-0001-6617-1302, Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College City University of New York New York NY USA, corresponding author), Carol Tosone (0000-0002-0278-8191, Silver School of Social Work New York University New York NY USA), Bree Akesson (0000-0001-6760-7198, Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo ON Canada), Janepher Taaka (Governance and Civil Society Strengthening Program, GIZ Uganda Kampala Uganda), Generose Nzeyimana (Generose Nzeyimana, United Nations Mission in South Sudan Juba South Sudan)
Year2021
Volume46
Issue2
Pages183-207
Publication date2021-04-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePeace & Change (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0149-0508 • E-ISSN: 1468-0130
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/pech.12452
OpenAlexW3154035196
LanguageEN
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Contemporary studies show that women play multiple roles in armed conflict. Only rarely are they passive bystanders or victims. Women are often part of the events that lead to armed conflict, and they may engage in combat. They have also led peace movements that have ended conflict. Nevertheless, the multiple roles that women play in war and peace are oftentimes not recognized, and their experiences, beyond victimhood, have been disregarded in post‐conflict reconstruction. Drawing upon research with conflict‐affected women, this paper focuses on how women ex‐combatants in Burundi and Northern Uganda conceptualize and operationalize psychosocial well‐being and articulate the specific contributions they can make to the peacetime community

Armed conflict · Criminology · Operationalization · Peacetime · Political science · Psychosocial · Psychotherapist · Sociology · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · Law · Leadership, Courage, and Heroism Studies · Psychology

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