Doing Survival: Strategies for Coping With Gender-Based Violence in Kenya's Kibera Slum

    Authors

    E. Swart

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    Abbreviated Journal Title

    Affil. J. Women Soc. Work

    Keywords

    gender-based violence; women's diaries; Global South; slums; Social Work; Women's Studies

    Abstract

    The current study analyzed strategies for coping with gender-based violence described in the diary accounts of 20 women residents of Kibera, Kenya, the largest slum in sub-Saharan Africa. Three distinct strategies are reported: endurance and faith, escape, and limited partnership. Previous qualitative studies of this population report acceptance of gender-based violence, based on lack of education and patriarchal social norms. The current study indicates that coping strategies may sometimes be agential choices made by women negotiating a complex web of structural oppression. Implications for practice are discussed.

    Journal Title

    Affilia-Journal of Women and Social Work

    Volume

    28

    Issue/Number

    1

    Publication Date

    1-1-2013

    Document Type

    Article

    Language

    English

    First Page

    40

    Last Page

    50

    WOS Identifier

    WOS:000330285700005

    ISSN

    0886-1099

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