We are now reduced to women: Impacts of forced disarmament in Karamoja, Uganda

Nomadic Peoples

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 24-43

  Stites, Elizabeth ^a   Akabwai, Darlington ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agropastoralism; Gender; Livelihoods; Pastoralism; Sedentarization

Indexed keywords

GENDER RELATIONS; GOVERNMENT RELATIONS; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; LABOR DIVISION; PASTORALISM; PERCEPTION; WOMENS STATUS;

KARAMOJA; NORTHERN PROVINCE [UGANDA]; UGANDA;

EID: 80051766501     PISSN: 08227942     EISSN: 17522366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3167/np.2010.140203     Document Type: Article

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