Motherhood and Social Repair after War and Displacement in Northern Uganda

Baines, Erin; Gauvin, Lara Rosenoff

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“…For many young people, there were profound uncertainties about where they belonged, and where they could stay and cultivate land. Even though many dreamed of a life not tied to the hoe, nearly everyone aspired to establish belonging to family and land, if not in the present, then at least in the future (Baines & Gauvin 2014).…”

Section: Land In Acholimentioning

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Generations and Access to Land in Postconflict Northern Uganda: “Youth Have No Voice in Land Matters”

Whyte¹,

Acio²

2017

Afr. stud. rev.

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Abstract:Generational tensions are one of the many forms that land conflicts take in northern Uganda. The convention in Acholiland was that young men gained land-use rights through their fathers and young women gained them through their husbands. This pattern of generational governance has become complicated in the wake of the civil war and decades of internment in IDP camps. Lacking husbands, young women are using land of their patrilateral kin, while young men who grew up with their mothers may use that of their matrilateral relatives. This article, based on fieldwork in the Acholi subregion between 2014 and 2016, explores classic anthropological concerns about gerontocracy and patriliny in a contemporary postconflict situation. It describes the discreet land access strategies of young men and women and the ways in which they seek to complement dependence on relatives by renting or buying land. The image of the “war generation” as morally spoiled is countered by an examination of the consequences of war and internment for young people’s claims to use land.

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Section: Land In Acholimentioning

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Generations and Access to Land in Postconflict Northern Uganda: “Youth Have No Voice in Land Matters”

Whyte¹,

Acio²

2017

Afr. stud. rev.

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“…Forced displacement can lead to altered familial roles and displaced parenting, in the context of both low‐ and high‐income countries. Literature underscores that rural families in northern Uganda who experienced two decades of internal displacement experienced a huge alteration in their familial roles and responsibilities (Baines & Gauvin, ). During predisplacement traumatic events (i.e., armed conflict or natural disaster), many women lose their husbands and children get separated from their parents; hence, they are expected to serve as primary caregiver and breadwinner of their immediate family (Ennab, ; Reed et al., ).…”

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“…The increased emotional, financial, and social burden on female‐ or child‐headed households deprives young children of sensitive and responsive caregiving (Ennab, ). During forced displacement where there is a lack of adult supervision and schooling, many displaced children often end up in suspected immoral activities and antisocial life trajectories, including the use of drugs and involvement in violent and social crimes (Baines & Gauvin, ; Huemer, Karnik, & Steiner, ).…”

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“…Displaced women and children in relief camps where there is no privacy, adequate safety, law and order, or availability of social support networks are more vulnerable to gender‐based violence and sexual abuse (Baines & Gauvin, ; Ferris, ). Inadequate humanitarian aid and continued food insecurity contribute to an increase in survival sex trafficking and prostitution (Ferris, ) as well as a higher incidence of sexually transmitted diseases and teenage pregnancies.…”

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Maternal and Child Health During Forced Displacement

Hirani

Richter

2019

J of Nursing Scholarship

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Purpose To discuss the effects of forced displacement on maternal and child health, highlight the major pitfalls in delivering humanitarian services to this vulnerable group, and underscore the need for multilayered interventions to improve health, protect rights, and reduce vulnerabilities during forced displacements. Methods A comprehensive literature search was undertaken from databases including Medline, the Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), EBSCOhost, Google Scholar, Scopus, and ProQuest. No restrictions were placed on geographical region, type, and year of publication. The key words used were displacement, children, women, health, challenges, disaster response, emergency medicine, terrorism, maladjustment, morbidity, disaster response, cultural sensitivity, and interventions. Conclusions Forced displacement negatively affects maternal and child health. The key challenges during forced displacement include food insecurity, lack of shelter, unavailability of clean water and sanitation, poor infrastructure of healthcare services, unavailability of birth attendants and healthcare professionals to manage medical emergencies, inaccessibility to educational and training facilities, and lack of cultural sensitivity of humanitarian workers. The ultimate outcome of forced displacement is a sudden rise in maternal and child mortality and morbidity, maladjustment, psychological issues, altered familial roles, displaced parenting, and vulnerability to exploitation. In view of Bronfenbrenner's socio‐ecological framework, multilayered interventions are proposed to improve maternal and child health during forced displacements. Clinical Relevance In view of the effects of forced displacement on maternal and child health and considering the major pitfalls in the delivery of humanitarian services to this vulnerable group, the proposed multilayered interventions can improve health, protect rights, and reduce vulnerabilities surrounding maternal and child health during forced displacements.

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“…Furthermore, p'Bitek () emphasizes the relational qualities of mainstream ideas about Acholi personhood. Following p'Bitek, Baines and Rosenoff Gauvin (, 5) also conclude that mainstream ideas about Acholi personhood are “predicated on the notion that individuals do not exist within themselves, without their relations, and responsibilities.” Piot (), Shaw (), and Macdonald and Porter () remind us of the importance of relationally constructed personhood in a mainstream Acholi cultural context, in which one's sense of personhood is tied up in one's living relatives and ancestors, in addition to one's sense of “place, spiritual forces, and … built in order” (Adams and Dzokoto , 346).…”

Section: Personhood and The Acholi Contextmentioning

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“Once you support, you are supported”: Entrepreneurship and reintegration among ex‐prisoners in Gulu, northern Uganda

Marshall

2018

Economic Anthropology

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This article explores the divergences between ex-prisoners' use of entrepreneurship as a tool for rebuilding social ties and the vision of entrepreneurship provided by Mission Forward, a European-funded, Ugandan-run nongovernmental organization that provides ex-prisoners with entrepreneurship training. Forty-six interviews were conducted over two months with Mission Forward staff and with ex-prisoners participating in the entrepreneurship training program in Gulu, northern Uganda. These interviews found that Mission Forward's official position, like that of many providers of criminal justice services, was to view crime as resulting from one primary deficiency in personhood: idleness. To rectify this, their policy was to fashion prototypical neoliberal entrepreneurs: self-motivated and self-reliant individualists whose primary concern is making money and who could achieve this goal no matter what the circumstances. In contrast, ex-prisoners experienced a loss of personhood when they became marked as criminals by their friends and neighbors. To address this, ex-prisoners were concerned with using the contracts, exchanges, and interactions associated with their entrepreneurial ventures to rebuild the social ties that their crimes and subsequent incarceration had damaged and thereby reclaim personhood. This article argues that these divergent uses of entrepreneurship as a rehabilitative and reintegrative tool provide new insights into the nature of entrepreneurship and into the establishment and reestablishment of both personhood and social ties through economic exchange.

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Motherhood and Social Repair after War and Displacement in Northern Uganda

Cited by 46 publications

References 10 publications

Generations and Access to Land in Postconflict Northern Uganda: “Youth Have No Voice in Land Matters”

Generations and Access to Land in Postconflict Northern Uganda: “Youth Have No Voice in Land Matters”

Maternal and Child Health During Forced Displacement

“Once you support, you are supported”: Entrepreneurship and reintegration among ex‐prisoners in Gulu, northern Uganda

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