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A growing literature documents the significant barriers to accessing care that Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) face. This study focuses on gender-based violence (SGBV), an issue often exacerbated in times of forced displacement, and adds to extant debates by considering the wide range of social connections (pathways and actors) involved in providing care beyond the formal biomedical (and justice) system. This research asks, who do IDPs turn to following SGBV and why? How effective do IDPs perceive these social connections to be? To answer these research questions, the study used \u2018participatory social mapping\u2019 methodology for 31 workshops held with over 200 participants in Somalia and the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2021\/2022. Pathways to SGBV-related care for IDPs appear eclectic and contingent upon not only the availability and accessibility of support resources but also social, cultural and gendered beliefs and practices. \u2018Physical\u2019, mental health, and justice needs are intertwined. They are hard to decouple as many actors cut across need categories, including family, faith and aid organisations, and customary institutions. Comparing Congolese and Somali sites of displaced communities, we see significant similarities and overlaps in pathways to care. While both countries have experienced severe erosions of state capacity, NGOs and parallel faith-based and customary legal, psychological, and health systems\u00a0have filled the state’s weakness\u00a0to varying degrees of acceptance by IDP participants. A comprehensive understanding of the local milieu, which requires illuminating the logics behind where people actually turn to for care, is crucial for interventions supporting SGBV victims\/survivors; indeed, they risk being inefficient if they only address barriers to formal systems.<\/p>\n
Authors:<\/strong><\/p>\n Clayton\u00a0<\/span>Boeyink, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Mohamed A\u00a0<\/span>Ali-Salad, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Esther Wanyema\u00a0<\/span>Baruti, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Ahmed S.<\/span>Bile, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Jean-Beno\u00eet\u00a0<\/span>Falisse, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Leonard Muzee\u00a0<\/span>Kazamwali, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Said A.<\/span>Mohamoud, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Henry Ngongo\u00a0<\/span>Muganza, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Denise Mapendo\u00a0<\/span>Mukwege, <\/span><\/span><\/span>Amina Jama\u00a0<\/span>Mahmud<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/p>\n Photo credit: SIDRA<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Journal article published in the Journal Migration and Health by DiSoCo team members from the University of Edinburgh, the Universit\u00e9 Evang\u00e9lique en Afrique (DRC) and the Somali Institute for Development and Research 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The full article published in the Journal and Migration and Health is available here<\/a><\/strong><\/h5>\n