TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2013//
TI  - Doing survival: strategies for coping with gender-based violence in Kenya's Kibera slum
JO  - Affilia
A1  - Swart, Elizabeth
SP  - 40
EP  - 50
VL  - 28
IS  - 1
N2  - 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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0886-1099
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0886109912470111
ID  - ref1
ER  -