![]() This meant that they had to serve as wives to LRA commanders and fighters, and were forced to have children with these “bush husbands” to build what Kony saw as a new and pure Acholi nation. Teenage girls, like Grace and Evelyn, served as soldiers and were forced into conjugal slavery. In captivity, they constantly faced violence from both the rebels and the Ugandan army hunting the LRA across northern Uganda and South Sudan. These children received military training and were forced to carry heavy loads of ammunition and other material through bush and mountains, walking for days on end with little food or water. Tens of thousands of children were abducted and forced into the ranks of the rebel army led by military and spiritual leader Joseph Kony. ![]() In Uganda, the LRA waged war against the government for over 20 years, from the mid‐1980s onward. While sexual violence is commonly seen as an unfortunate consequence of conflict, it is in fact often a central strategy of war. Their experiences reveal important dimensions of conflicts that are too often ignored. ![]() Women’s and girls’ stories are crucial to understanding what makes and sustains wars. ![]()
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