implications for health and human rights
- Categories
- Article/Artikel
- Magazine Title
- Journal of International Women's Studies
- Magazine Year
- 2007
- Magazine Number
- 4
- Creator
- Liebling-Kalifani, Helen
- Creator
- Marshall, Angela
- Creator
- Ojiambo-Ochieng, Ruth
- Creator
- Kakembo, Nassozi Margaret
- Thesaurus
- geweld, lichamelijke gezondheid, gender, oorlog en vrede, Uganda
- Description
- Authors describe the resulting long-term health needs of women war-torture survivors of the civil war years in Luwero District, Uganda. To do this sections of case studies from interviews carried out in Kikamulo Sub-County, Luwero, are utilised. The effects of gender-based violence and torture and its long term, severe and enduring impact on women's health will be highlighted.