“If I was with my father such discrimination wouldn’t exist, I could be happy like other people”: a qualitative analysis of stigma among peacekeeper fathered children in the Democratic Republic of Congo

“If I was with my father such discrimination wouldn’t exist, I could be happy like other people”: a qualitative analysis of stigma among peacekeeper fathered children in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Abstract Background The United Nations (UN) Organization Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUSCO) comprises the largest and longest serving peacekeeping operation to date. Since the launch of the mission in 1999, sexual relations between UN peacekeepers and the local popul...

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Main Authors: Kirstin Wagner, Heide Glaesmer, Susan A. Bartels, Sabine Lee
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-11-01
Series:Conflict and Health
Subjects:
Stigma
Children Born of War
United Nations
Peacekeeping
Sexual Misconduct
Democratic Republic of Congo
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13031-020-00320-x

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