Child protection and harmful traditional practices: female early marriage and genital modification in Ethiopia
Child protection and harmful traditional practices: female early marriage and genital modification in Ethiopia
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DOI：
10.1080/09614524.2012.672957
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发表时间：
2012-01-01
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1
通讯作者：
Tafere, Yisak
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作者：
Boyden, Jo;Pankhurst, Alula;Tafere, Yisak
这篇文章探讨了埃塞俄比亚对女性早婚和生殖器修改的不同观点。它将国际规范和研究证据与当地的理解进行了对比，后者侧重于这些做法在确保家庭社会遗产、女孩的福祉以及她们过渡到成年方面所发挥的作用。文章解释了这些做法在消除这些做法的运动中的持久性，并对国际儿童保护模式背后的假设提出质疑。它指出了没有充分考虑当地意义和社会关系的干预措施的意外不利后果，并提出了如何以不同的方式处理政策。
This article explores divergent perspectives on female early marriage and genital modification in Ethiopia. It contrasts international norms and research evidence with local understandings, the latter focusing on the part these practices play in securing family social heritage, well-being of girls, and their transition to adulthood. The article explains the persistence of these practices in the face of campaigns to eliminate them and questions assumptions behind the international child protection model. It points to unintended adverse consequences of interventions that do not pay sufficient regard to local meanings and social relations, and suggests how policy might be approached differently.