Family and Community Rejection and a Congolese Led Mediation Intervention to Reintegrate Rejected Survivors of Sexual Violence in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 34, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 736-756

  Kohli, Anjalee ^a   Tosha, Maphie ^b   Ramazani, Paul ^b   Safari, Octave ^b   Bachunguye, Richard ^b   Zahiga, Isaya ^b   Iragi, Aline ^b   Glass, Nancy ^c  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b Rama Levina Foundation   (Congo)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC CONGO; ETHNOLOGY; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; MALE; METHODOLOGY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUAL CRIME; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVOR; WAR;

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MALE; NEGOTIATING; REJECTION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEX OFFENSES; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVORS; WAR;

EID: 84883490502     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399332.2012.721418     Document Type: Article

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