@article{MAKHILLPJSS20191617721,
    title = {Ibuka Institution and Group Therapy Curative Factors in Healing Psychological
Problems of Women Sexually Violated During 1994 Genocide Against
Tutsi in Rwanda},
    journal = {Pakistan Journal of Social Sciences},
    volume = {16},
    number = {1},
    pages = {6-13},
    year = {2019},
    issn = {1683-8831},
    doi = {pjssci.2019.6.13},
    url = {https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?issn=1683-8831&doi=pjssci.2019.6.13},
    author = {J.M.,C.M. and},
    keywords = {Genocide,Gacaca Courts,group therapy,Ibuka,sexual violence,FARG,CNLG},
    abstract = {All along women had untold suffering as a result of sexual violence due to the shame and stigma
associated with it. When 1994 genocide against Tutsi happened in Rwanda, sexual violence became a weapon
of war where young girls and women were a target that led to death, incurable diseases, unwanted pregnancies,
children with neglect, destruction of families-wives and husbands separated and girls and women sexually
violated became hopeless to get husbands and remarry, respectively, to mention but few. Ibuka Institution
created in 1995 was to provide psychosocioeconomic and legal assistance to survivors of 1994 genocide but
still women sexually violated couldn’t open up and seek psychological assistance because of the stigma
associated to sexual violence. Ibuka thought and initiated group therapy in 2009 to try help women sexually
violated. It was in this line that the current study was to find out if women sexually violated achieved the
curative factors in group therapy initiated by Ibuka. Testified by 40 women sexually violated through interviews
and focus group discussions from Busogo, Kinigi and Muhoza Sectors of Musanze District in Northern
Province where group therapy was being used to approach their psychological problems, curative factors were
identified in group therapy and indicated positively the remedy in terms of biological, socio-economical,
spiritual and psychological spheres according to the findings. The silence was broken to curb shame and
humiliation through information giving, they fought isolation through improved interpersonal relationships,
they benefited group cohesiveness, by offering a sense of belonging, acceptance and approval, there was
reunification with families, further education for those who wanted to study, treatment in the country was
availed in different hospitals and abroad for those with incurable diseases was planned, income generating
activities for some were initiated and inclusion in families to combat stigma was improved. It was in this line
therefore that the research findings built on identifying curative factors that proved essential to the healing of
psychological problems of women sexually violated in Rwanda is recommended to other people who experience
emotional pain but find it difficult to open up and seek help.}
    }