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- Title
"I Asked Myself If I Would Ever Love My Baby": Mothering Children Born of Genocidal Rape in Rwanda.
- Authors
Woolner, Leah; Denov, Myriam; Kahn, Sarilee
- Abstract
The 1994 Rwandan genocide was characterized by brutal acts of widespread sexual violence against women that, for some, led to unwanted pregnancy, childbirth, and motherhood. This study explores the perspectives and experiences of 44 Rwandan women with children born of genocidal rape through in-depth qualitative interviews. Emerging from the data are the themes of identity and belonging, ambivalence, and truth-telling in the mother–child relationship. Findings highlight the lasting and intergenerational legacy of genocidal rape, and practice and policy implications are discussed.
- Subjects
TORTURE victims; GENOCIDE; HUMAN rights; RAPE; PSYCHOLOGY of mothers; GROUNDED theory; INTERGENERATIONAL relations; INTERVIEWING; ABORTION; FAMILY conflict; MOTHERHOOD; CRIME victims; QUALITATIVE research; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; SEX crimes; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; RESEARCH funding; MOTHER-child relationship
- Publication
Violence Against Women, 2019, Vol 25, Issue 6, p703
- ISSN
1077-8012
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/1077801218801110