The Social Imaginaries of Women's Peace Activism in Northern Uganda

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dc.contributor.authorChigudu, Simukai
dc.date.accessioned2022-01-06T19:21:27Z
dc.date.available2022-01-06T19:21:27Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractThe metanarrative of global feminism is often constructed as a progressive and emancipatory movement emanating from the West and fostering radical politics elsewhere in the world. Such a view is not only ethnocentric but, critically, it fails to engage with the complex ways in which feminist politics travel and are evinced in specific localities. In this article, I seek to understand how marginalized women in the “Global South” – particularly in Africa – interpret, experience and negotiate feminist ideas to wield political power within the context of their social and moral worlds. I focus on women's organized resistance to violence and armed conflict, known as “women's peace activism.” Using a case study of a women's peace movement in Uganda mediated by an international feminist organization called Isis Women's International Cross-Cultural Exchange, I conducted in-depth qualitative interviews with a wide range of activists in the organization and in its network in postconflict areas in Northern Uganda. I argue that the feminist peace discourse is most meaningful when its universal values of equity and securing the dignity of women are appropriated and re-signified through the cultural institutions and the collective memory of activists in their local settings.en_US
dc.identifier.citationChigudu, Simukai. "The social imaginaries of women's peace activism in Northern Uganda." International Feminist Journal of Politics 18, no. 1 (2016): 19-38.https://doi.org/10.1080/14616742.2015.1105588en_US
dc.identifier.issn1461-6742
dc.identifier.urihttps://nru.uncst.go.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/1136
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherInternational Feminist Journal of Politicsen_US
dc.subjectfeminism, violence and peacebuilding, transnational politics, Uganda, social imaginariesen_US
dc.titleThe Social Imaginaries of Women's Peace Activism in Northern Ugandaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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