Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago
After living through war, abduction, sexual and gender-based violence, some female survivors in Northern Uganda escaped rebel captivity. Many returned to their communities with children fathered by rebels. Instead of being embraced, community members met survivors and their children with suspicion, rejection, blame and stigmatization. That began a new chapter of hardship in the survivors' lives.
In this podcast, formerly abducted women and organizations representing them talk about what justice is to them, demanding the Ugandan government acknowledge the harms they endure.
Ketty Anyeko, a Postdoctoral Fellow with Research Network on Women, Peace and Security, takes us through her doctoral research findings. She presents four senses of justice as lived articulated by survivors of sexual violence in Northern Uganda. She collaborated with UBC Master of Journalism student Michelle Meiklejohn to create this podcast.
Podcast Credit
Doctoral Researcher and Narrator: Ketty Anyeko
Executive Producer and Editor: Michelle Meiklejohn
Translator: Moses Komakech Oringa
Music: Music for Peace and Rwot Lakica Women’s Group
Funding: UBC Public Scholars Initiative and Vanier CGS
Supervisor Feedback: Dr. Erin Baines
Thank you to the survivors who participated in the podcast and their organizations – Watyer Ki Gen (We Have Hope) and Women’s Advocacy Network.
After living through war, abduction, sexual and gender-based violence, some female survivors in Northern Uganda escaped rebel captivity. Many returned to their communities with children fathered by rebels. Instead of being embraced, community members met survivors and their children with suspicion, rejection, blame and stigmatization. That began a new chapter of hardship in the survivors' lives.
In this podcast, formerly abducted women and organizations representing them talk about what justice is to them, demanding the Ugandan government acknowledge the harms they endure.
Ketty Anyeko, a Postdoctoral Fellow with Research Network on Women, Peace and Security, takes us through her doctoral research findings. She presents four senses of justice as lived articulated by survivors of sexual violence in Northern Uganda. She collaborated with UBC Master of Journalism student Michelle Meiklejohn to create this podcast.
Podcast Credit
Doctoral Researcher and Narrator: Ketty Anyeko
Executive Producer and Editor: Michelle Meiklejohn
Translator: Moses Komakech Oringa
Music: Music for Peace and Rwot Lakica Women’s Group
Funding: UBC Public Scholars Initiative and Vanier CGS
Supervisor Feedback: Dr. Erin Baines
Thank you to the survivors who participated in the podcast and their organizations – Watyer Ki Gen (We Have Hope) and Women’s Advocacy Network.
