Violence, survival and female resilience in west Cote D’ivoire
Violence, survival and female resilience in west Cote D’ivoire

Summary/Abstract: The socio-political crisis of 2010-2011 in Côte d’Ivoire exposed many Guéré women to various forms of violence including rape. These acts of violence resulted in psychological trauma and sometimes mockery and social rejection, against which they had no recourse. They were for this reason in great psychological suffering, which they translated into various somatizations. In order to give those appropriate help, psychosocial counseling sessions were organized in 2014 to support them and facilitate their community reintegration. The present study aims to describe the interventions with these women that allowed them to resist and survive the atrocities they have suffered to continue living. The methodological approach was qualitative of descriptive type and the data collection was done by a semidirective interview and a questionnaire administered to a sample of 38 Guéré women victims of violence and aged from 20 to 65years. From the activities proposed during the intervention, an analysis can be made of the resilience and survival mechanisms of these women and the data collected showed that the psychosocial interventions provided relief for their psychological distress.

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