Gender, Conflict and Reintegration in Uganda

This book explores what happened when thousands of girls abducted by Lord's Resistance Army and inducted into their campaign of violence against the Ugandan government, returned home. Of interest to scholars, policymakers and practitioners in the fields of post-conflict reconstruction, African politics and gender and conflict.

1. Introduction 2. Culture, Spirituality and Cleansing Rituals 3. Abduction and Forced Marriage in the Context of Conflict 4. Stigmatisation not Reintegration 5. Post-Captivity Marriage 6. The Return Home Process 7. Conclusion