Citation

Swart E. Affilia 2013; 28(1): 40-50.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, SAGE Publishing)

DOI

10.1177/0886109912470111

PMID

unavailable

Abstract

The current study analyzed strategies for coping with gender-based violence described in the diary accounts of 20 women residents of Kibera, Kenya, the largest slum in sub-Saharan Africa. Three distinct strategies are reported: endurance and faith, escape, and limited partnership. Previous qualitative studies of this population report acceptance of gender-based violence, based on lack of education and patriarchal social norms. The current study indicates that coping strategies may sometimes be agential choices made by women negotiating a complex web of structural oppression. Implications for practice are discussed.

Language: en