Wartime captivity and homecoming
Culture, stigma, and coping strategies of formerly abducted women in post-conflict northern Uganda
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4995461 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Allen Kiconco (0000-0003-4070-745X, PhD Candidate, Department of African Studies and Anthropology University of Birmingham United Kingdom, corresponding author), Martin Nthakomwa (Lecturer in International Disaster Relief and Community Reconstruction, Faculty of Engineering, Environment and Computing Coventry University United Kingdom) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 46 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 654-676 |
| Publication date | 2022-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Disasters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0361-3666 • E-ISSN: 1467-7717 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/disa.12505 |
| PMID | 34319613 |
| OpenAlex | W3186670289 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 33 |
One of the three durable solutions to mass displacement preferred by leading agencies is that survivors return to their home communities. It is believed that families and communities provide the best hope for recovery and reintegration owing to familiarity, care, and shared culture. Yet, these 'places of hope and comfort' can also be, potentially, a hostile environment in which stigma can flourish. Women who were abducted by the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda find that achieving meaningful reintegration into their communities is a distant prospect despite being the home culture they once shared. The stigmatisation of formerly abducted persons by home community members who have never been abducted renders them 'outsiders' upon return. Meaningful relationships with fellow community members and access to cultural, social, and economic systems are hampered by the women's traumatic past. This experience has significant implications for these women, negotiating their journey to recovery and reintegration into home communities
Criminology · Homecoming · Negotiation · Psychiatry · Social science · Social stigma · Sociology · Stigma (botany · Cambodian History and Society · Gender Studies · Gender, Security, and Conflict · History · Medicine · Migration, Health and Trauma · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2025 (4) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |