Resilience in South Sudanese Women
Subtitle: Hope for Daughters of the Nile
Publisher: Lexington Books/Fortress Academic
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780739178669
Subjects: Women and war; Women, africa; Refugees, africa; Sudan, history; Sudan, politics and government; Women, social conditions
Description: Resilience in South Sudanese Women describes the historical injustices in Southern Sudan that led to the outbreak of civil wars. These injustices included socio-economic and political marginalization that denied the women basic needs. It gives firsthand life experiences of the Sudanese women during the protracted civil wars in their country. It narrates the horrors of the gruesome journeys that they took as they fled war zone, burying their kids on unmarked graves and moving on. It shows how they dealt with homelessness in host countries through various coping strategies, and their eventual resettlement in USA where again they experienced cultural collisions. However, their determination, innovation, and resilience always helped them to overcome the struggles.