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Displaced sexuality : a study of gender relations and sexual genderbased violence in the context of displacement in northern Uganda

Berge, Borghild; Milsom, Christina Ann Swan
Master thesis
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2010
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There are many barriers to human development; gender inequality is generally acknowledged

to be one of these. In the patriarchal and displaced society of the Acholi in Northern Uganda,

this inequality has for decades been played out directly on the bodies of girls and women. As

females, many have experienced Sexual-Gender Based Violence (SGBV), whether in

physically forceful ways such as rape and forced sex by intimate partners, or in structurally

forceful ways such as transactional sex for subsistence.

This thesis examines SGBV in post-conflict Gulu and Amuru districts in Northern Uganda

from an endogenous perspective. Fieldwork was carried out in six different camps for

internally displaced persons in Gulu and Amuru from October to December 2009. A

qualitative research methodology, based on semi-structured in-depth interviews and focus

group dicussions provides the research framework of the study.

Through an exploration of local perceptions on how gender relations have been affected by

displacement, as well as an assessment of how internally displaced men and women in the

region talk about rape, forced sex between intimate partners and transactional sex, the thesis

sheds light on some of the causes and circumstances in which SGBV occurs. Finally, through

knowledge of the context studied, we attempt to pinpoint the ways in which SGBV can be

prevented. We argue that SGBV can be attributed to the interplay of factors on three levels:

on an individual level, on the contextual level of displacement, and on the overarching

structural level of patriarchy. Attempts to prevent SGBV should therefore consider this

interplay of factors, closely bearing in mind how individual factors are inextricably bound up

with structural factors and how victimisation is inextricably bound up with agency. The

importance of addressing gender relations and adapting policies to the local cultural context is

also emphasised throughout our study.
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Masteroppgave i development management- Universitetet i Agder 2010
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Universitetet i Agder, University of Agder

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