TRAUMA AND OPPRESSION IN LEAH CHRISHUGI’S A LONG WAY FROM PARADAISE

Abstract

Women experience discrimination, violence and oppression due to their unequal position in the society but only recently have these assaults on women’s dignity been addressed as violations within human rights framework. When trauma and human rights violations are viewed as arising from patriarchal oppression, trauma-informed and rights-based paradigm coverage, recovery does not solely lie with the victims but requires official accountability and larger systemic change. As in the case of Leah Chrishugi’s in “A Long Way from paradise”, this article gives a vivid understanding of women’s traumatic experiences as human rights for all. This article shows how a female character, Leah Chrishugi, was nearly destroyed by patriarchy, oppression, gender and racial discrimination, armed conflicts, injustice and selfish governance. Using basically secondary materials, the study found out that trauma can lead to the disruption of identity and some behavioral problems. The protagonist of the novel had the opportunity to review her past, explore memories, process traumatic events and formed a new identity.