Women Rebuilding Communities of Resilience

Abstract

This chapter follows the third phase of resilience in relation to rebuilding communities. It chronicles the racism many women experienced over many years. It shows the importance of the way in which women working together helped each other from childcare, to emotional support, to returning to education, and going into paid work. It chronicles the growth in community activity and community-based organisations culminating in the rise of the women focused advisory groups and activism. The importance of voluntary work, sending money and raising funds to send back home for reconstruction and Somali diaspora humanitarianism are highlighted.