Survivors’ Sociocultural Status in Mwenga: A Comparison of the Issue before and after Rape

This article discusses psychosocial challenges faced by women survivors of rape in their families and communities based on the interpretation of rape as a sexual taboo and held beliefs that automatic transgression of taboo, through unwanted sexual contact, defiles and endangers survivors and those w...

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Main Authors: Buuma Maisha, Judith Malette, Karlijn Demasure
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2017-06-01
Series:Social Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2076-0760/6/2/64