Personal trauma and world view?Are extremely stressful experiences related to political attitudes, religious beliefs, and future orientation?

Carmil, Devora; Breznitz, Shlomo

doi:10.1007/bf00974557

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“…In fact, Blattman (2009) found that the abduction experience increased voting and community leadership among male returnees in northern Uganda, an effect that could be attributed primarily to exposure to violence during abduction. This association between violent trauma and increased participation has been reported in other postconflict settings, including Sierra Leone (Bellows & Miguel, 2006) and Indonesia (Shewfelt, 2008), and among Holocaust survivors (Carmil & Breznitz, 1991).…”

Section: Women's Empowermentmentioning

confidence: 85%

Promoting Recovery After War in Northern Uganda: Reducing Daily Stressors by Alleviating Poverty

Annan¹,

Green²,

Brier³

2013

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma

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Findings from a representative survey of youth in northern Uganda suggest that former female child soldiers experience a range of distress symptoms, have initial problems reintegrating, and have fewer education and employment opportunities than males. Given the multiple layers of needs, the findings pose a question of where best to intervene. Would broad-based economic programs address this population's poverty while also indirectly addressing mental health symptoms by reducing stress and improving social capital? This article describes how these findings led to the development and evaluation of an economic and social program designed to reduce daily stressors and improve this population's economic, social, and psychological outcomes through livelihoods training, a cash grant for small business development, and follow-up support.In the aftermath of mass violence, agencies and policymakers are faced with tough decisions about how to allocate limited resources to help individuals, families, and communities recover and rebuild. In postconflict settings like

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Section: Women's Empowermentmentioning

confidence: 85%

Promoting Recovery After War in Northern Uganda: Reducing Daily Stressors by Alleviating Poverty

Annan¹,

Green²,

Brier³

2013

Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma

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“…On this point, community responses such as neighbourhood watch schemes, local vigilante groups, and self-defence forces are documented in civil wars in Liberia and Afghanistan (Sawyer, 2005;Jones and Muñoz, 2010). In addition, studies in psychology suggest that exposure to war steadfastly steers behaviour (Dyregrov et al, 2002) and preferences towards greater participation in the community (Carmil and Breznitz, 1991).…”

Section: Social Capital and Conflict: A Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fear Not For Man? Armed conflict and social capital in Mali

Calvo

Lavallée

Razafindrakoto

et al. 2020

Journal of Comparative Economics

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This paper studies the effects of armed conflict on social capital in Mali, where a violent conflict has been raging since 2012. We examine the conflict's impacts on associational membership using event location data and unique survey data on governance, peace and security (GPS-SHaSA). We show that, in conflict-exposed areas, adult involvement in associations increases from 7 to 14 percentage points. Instrumental variable and difference-indifferences strategies complementary mitigate reverse causation and omitted variable biases as estimated results remain very consistent. Robust estimations constrained to non-migrants samples also rule out selection into migration. Yet this result, consistent with the argument that armed conflict cultivates social engagement, is not a positive outcome in the case of Mali. The increase is observed solely for family and political associations, which are comparatively inward-looking and act as interest groups. We interpret this finding as a form of withdrawal behind group or community boundaries, an interpretation supported by further analysis of interpersonal trust. This sort of withdrawal may exacerbate ethnic divisions and deepen the conflict.

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“…This opening of spaces for women during conflicts has resulted in a more visible presence of women in the political sphere in post‐conflict countries, and wide recognition of the important role that they have to play in peace‐building processes (Buvinic et al., ; Carmil and Breznitz, ). In some settings — often supported by international donors and non‐governmental organizations (NGOs) — women have been able to use the post‐conflict period to ensure increased female political representation at the national level through voter registration drives, assistance to female candidates, and awareness raising about gender issues (Bouta et al., ; Weil, ).…”

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Women and Peace Building: Local Perspectives on Opportunities and Barriers

Justino¹,

Mitchell²,

Müller³

2018

Development and Change

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The UN Security Council Resolution 1325 has made strong provisions to include women in peace‐building interventions and actions. This is, however, rarely observed in practice beyond local‐level activities. This article discusses new qualitative evidence on the opportunities and barriers to women's participation in peace‐building processes, based on a comparative analysis of case studies conducted in Afghanistan, Liberia, Nepal and Sierra Leone. The findings show that women's engagement in peace‐building activities, beyond their immediate social relations, is restricted by institutional, economic, cultural and social obstacles. These barriers prevent the realization of gender equality objectives in peace‐building initiatives. Moreover, local understandings of peace typically place family relations at the centre of how women engage with peace‐building processes, and how other community members perceive women's roles in peace building.

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Personal trauma and world view?Are extremely stressful experiences related to political attitudes, religious beliefs, and future orientation?

Cited by 42 publications

References 9 publications

Promoting Recovery After War in Northern Uganda: Reducing Daily Stressors by Alleviating Poverty

Promoting Recovery After War in Northern Uganda: Reducing Daily Stressors by Alleviating Poverty

Fear Not For Man? Armed conflict and social capital in Mali

Women and Peace Building: Local Perspectives on Opportunities and Barriers

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