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This book is a major contribution to a gendered understanding of the effects of sexual violence and torture on Ugandan women during and following the civil war years in Luwero.Whilst a feminist analysis is central,it also explores a novel conceptualisation of trauma based on extensive interviews with war survivors.It provides an acccount of survivors? experiences and the effects of these on social,cultural and economic capital.It argues the forms of violence perpetrated can be interpreted as attempted genocide and addresses the devastating effects of violence on women?s physical and psychological health.It offers a challenging analysis of how women reconstructed their identities as well as policy implications.This thought- provoking book will be of interest to academics, researchers and clinicians in gender studies, sociology,psychology, African studies, social sciences,health and health policy,law,human rights and clinical psychology. It will also be of interest to non-government and development organizations as well as policy makers.Dr. Helen Liebling-Kalifani is a Lecturer-Practitioner in Clinical Psychology at Coventry University.

is an internationally recognised expert in the field of child health inequalities with a particular focus on the impact of poverty in early childhood on the physical health of children.  She is Professor in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine at the University of Montreal and leads the health component of the Quebec Longitudinal Study of Child Development.  She has an extensive range of publications in the field and her recent papers (Séguin et al, 2007; Ehounoux, Zunzunegui, Séguin et al, 2009) are major contributions to knowledge about the adverse effects of poverty on health in early childhood and have generated academic and media interest.  

The Institute of Health welcomes Professor Elizabeth Burton, as Professor of Sustainable Building Design and Wellbeing . This is a joint post with the School of Engineering.