Impoverishing and dehumanising violence against women: An opportunity for service by churches in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

Verbum et Ecclesia

 
 
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Title Impoverishing and dehumanising violence against women: An opportunity for service by churches in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
 
Creator Tenai, Noah K.
 
Subject theology churches; Eastern DRC; sexual violence
Description An ongoing armed conflict in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo continues to impoverish and dehumanise women. Sexual violence meted on women has negative consequences that affect whole communities. Churches nationally and in the region have not done enough to respond to the challenge of armed conflict in general and the nefariousness of sexual violence towards women in particular. By utilising the sustainable livelihoods framework, churches in the region can be re-positioned for a constructive advocacy response to armed conflict(s) and sexual violence(s), particularly in solidarity with the women.Intradisciplinary and/or interdisciplinary implications: This study is made feasible through extensive intradisciplinary and interdisciplinary research. The subject matter demands on the investigator the necessity to make use of the knowledge from across the socio-scientific spectrum to understand the ongoing conflict and its impact on the local people. The study entrenches an advocacy role on regional churches as a means to lend a voice to the vulnerable women, who are impoverished and dehumanised by and within the context of an armed conflict.
 
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Contributor None
Date 2017-01-31
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion — Literary analysis
Format text/html application/epub+zip text/xml application/pdf
Identifier 10.4102/ve.v38i1.1634
 
Source Verbum et Ecclesia; Vol 38, No 1 (2017); 10 pages 2074-7705 1609-9982
 
Language eng
 
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Rights Copyright (c) 2017 Noah K. Tenai https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0
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