Reweaving relating in social reintegration with war-affected young mothers and their children in Liberia, Sierra Leone and northern Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorVeale, Angela
dc.contributor.authorWorthen, Miranda
dc.contributor.authorMcKay, Susan
dc.contributor.editorDenov, Miriam
dc.contributor.editorAkesson, Bree
dc.contributor.funderOak Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderPro Victimis Foundation, Switzerlanden
dc.contributor.funderCompton Foundationen
dc.contributor.funderUNICEFen
dc.contributor.funderRockefeller Foundationen
dc.date.accessioned2019-01-31T12:10:29Z
dc.date.available2019-01-31T12:10:29Z
dc.date.issued2017-08
dc.date.updated2019-01-31T11:50:31Z
dc.description.abstractYoung mothers formerly associated with armed forces and groups (CAFFAG), and their children constitute an under-researched group within the literature on children affected by armed conflict. This chapter sought to understand what happens in and through relationships in a longitudinal participatory action research study with war-affected young mothers including former CAFFAG young mothers. The chapter takes as a starting point Martín-Baró’s (1989) observation that trauma is social and links this with theoretical frameworks within sociocultural psychology on relating and ‘relational being’ (Gergen, 2010). The study aimed to learn what successful social reintegration meant for young mothers and to help them to achieve it. Participants were 658 young mothers and over 1,200 of their children in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Northern Uganda. Findings show how the PAR created sites of ‘joint action’ (Gergen, 2010) between young mothers, advisers, community members and local leaders. It acted on the core relational abilities identified by Martín-Baró as impoverished by social trauma with positive outcomes for their own and their children’s development and that of their communities.en
dc.description.sponsorshipUNICEF (UNICEF West Africa); Rockefeller Foundation (The Rockefeller Bellagio Study Center)en
dc.description.statusPeer revieweden
dc.description.versionAccepted Versionen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.citationVeale, A., Worthen, M., and McKay, S. (2017) 'Reweaving relating in social reintegration with war-affected young mothers and their children in Liberia, Sierra Leone and northern Uganda', in Denov, M. and Akesson, B. (eds). Children Affected by Armed Conflict: Theory, Method & Practice, New York: Columbia Press, pp. 206-232. isbn: 9780231174732en
dc.identifier.endpage232en
dc.identifier.isbn9780231174732
dc.identifier.journaltitleChildren Affected by Armed Conflict: Theory, Method & Practicen
dc.identifier.startpage206en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10468/7390
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherColumbia University Pressen
dc.relation.ispartofChildren Affected by Armed Conflict: Theory, Method & Practice.
dc.relation.urihttps://cup.columbia.edu/book/children-affected-by-armed-conflict/9780231174732
dc.rights© 2017 Myriam Denov and Bree Akesson. All rights reserved.en
dc.subjectChild soldiersen
dc.subjectWar-affected young mothersen
dc.subjectPsychologyen
dc.subjectSierra Leoneen
dc.subjectLiberiaen
dc.subjectNorthern Ugandaen
dc.subjectChildrenen
dc.subjectConflicten
dc.subjectWaren
dc.titleReweaving relating in social reintegration with war-affected young mothers and their children in Liberia, Sierra Leone and northern Ugandaen
dc.typeBook chapteren
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