Publications by Generose Nzeyimana
CARE Österreich, 2013
The negative impact of war on women grew exponentially during the second half of the 20th century... more The negative impact of war on women grew exponentially during the second half of the 20th century, when casualties shifted from the battlefield to the civilian population (Machel, 1996; UNFP, 2010). The forms of violence they experience includes that which is sexual and gender-based, as well as disease, injury, loss of family and property, displacement, starvation and death (Plümper & Neumayer, 2006). The effects of this violence on women and girls has been severe and well-documented (UNFPA, 2010; UNSCR, 2000). Often, the sexual and gender-based violence they experience during war is re- enacted in the home and community long after the conflict ends (UNFPA, 2010; Becker and Weyermann, 2006).
Today, interventions to support the psychological and social well-being of women survivors of armed conflict form an essential component of post-conflict humanitarian assistance (Ager, Ager, et al., 2011; IASC, 2007). However, the evidence base to determine the effectiveness of these interventions remains insubstantial (Wessells, 2009). Research literature has indicated that gathering the evidence requires indicators of psychosocial well-being defined by survivors themselves in cultural context. A number of studies have done this with conflict-affected children and adolescents (Ager, Ager, et al., 2011), but not with adult women.
This study engaged a carefully designed methodology to develop culturally sensitive indicators of psychosocial well-being among conflict-affected women. It was conducted in three countries: Burundi, Nepal and Northern Uganda in which CARE Österreich has been implementing a holistic programme called “Claiming Rights – Promoting Peace: Women’s Empowerment in Conflict-Affected Areas” financed by the Austrian Development Cooperation and Austrian private donors.1 This study is among the first to address psychosocial well-being, not as the absence of violence, but as a positive and aspirational state of being, in which poor, vulnerable, conflict-affected women defined for themselves the capacities and qualities they envision as needed to live a good life, now and in the future.
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Publications by Generose Nzeyimana
Today, interventions to support the psychological and social well-being of women survivors of armed conflict form an essential component of post-conflict humanitarian assistance (Ager, Ager, et al., 2011; IASC, 2007). However, the evidence base to determine the effectiveness of these interventions remains insubstantial (Wessells, 2009). Research literature has indicated that gathering the evidence requires indicators of psychosocial well-being defined by survivors themselves in cultural context. A number of studies have done this with conflict-affected children and adolescents (Ager, Ager, et al., 2011), but not with adult women.
This study engaged a carefully designed methodology to develop culturally sensitive indicators of psychosocial well-being among conflict-affected women. It was conducted in three countries: Burundi, Nepal and Northern Uganda in which CARE Österreich has been implementing a holistic programme called “Claiming Rights – Promoting Peace: Women’s Empowerment in Conflict-Affected Areas” financed by the Austrian Development Cooperation and Austrian private donors.1 This study is among the first to address psychosocial well-being, not as the absence of violence, but as a positive and aspirational state of being, in which poor, vulnerable, conflict-affected women defined for themselves the capacities and qualities they envision as needed to live a good life, now and in the future.
Today, interventions to support the psychological and social well-being of women survivors of armed conflict form an essential component of post-conflict humanitarian assistance (Ager, Ager, et al., 2011; IASC, 2007). However, the evidence base to determine the effectiveness of these interventions remains insubstantial (Wessells, 2009). Research literature has indicated that gathering the evidence requires indicators of psychosocial well-being defined by survivors themselves in cultural context. A number of studies have done this with conflict-affected children and adolescents (Ager, Ager, et al., 2011), but not with adult women.
This study engaged a carefully designed methodology to develop culturally sensitive indicators of psychosocial well-being among conflict-affected women. It was conducted in three countries: Burundi, Nepal and Northern Uganda in which CARE Österreich has been implementing a holistic programme called “Claiming Rights – Promoting Peace: Women’s Empowerment in Conflict-Affected Areas” financed by the Austrian Development Cooperation and Austrian private donors.1 This study is among the first to address psychosocial well-being, not as the absence of violence, but as a positive and aspirational state of being, in which poor, vulnerable, conflict-affected women defined for themselves the capacities and qualities they envision as needed to live a good life, now and in the future.