Rethinking orphanhood and vulnerability in Ethiopia
<p>‘Orphans’ became a category of vulnerable children deserving special protection in the context of the global AIDS epidemic, and currently the notion of ‘Orphans and vulnerable children’, or ‘OVC’, dominates much of the policy for protecting children across sub-Saharan Africa. Analysis of su...
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| description | <p>‘Orphans’ became a category of vulnerable children deserving special protection in the context of the global AIDS epidemic, and currently the notion of ‘Orphans and vulnerable children’, or ‘OVC’, dominates much of the policy for protecting children across sub-Saharan Africa. Analysis of survey and qualitative data from Young Lives in Ethiopia found that parental death does not guarantee the often assumed negative impacts on children’s experiences, and that inequalities between children are greater along dimensions of poverty and household location, compared to orphan status. ‘OVC’ obscures poverty as a main source of child vulnerability and is therefore an outdated approach.</p> |
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| spelling | oxford-uuid:090e39a0-51b3-4bb0-a67f-203a5f31dae22022-03-26T09:16:09ZRethinking orphanhood and vulnerability in EthiopiaJournal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_dcae04bcuuid:090e39a0-51b3-4bb0-a67f-203a5f31dae2Children and youthEnglishOxford University Research Archive - ValetRoutledge2012Crivello, GChuta, N<p>‘Orphans’ became a category of vulnerable children deserving special protection in the context of the global AIDS epidemic, and currently the notion of ‘Orphans and vulnerable children’, or ‘OVC’, dominates much of the policy for protecting children across sub-Saharan Africa. Analysis of survey and qualitative data from Young Lives in Ethiopia found that parental death does not guarantee the often assumed negative impacts on children’s experiences, and that inequalities between children are greater along dimensions of poverty and household location, compared to orphan status. ‘OVC’ obscures poverty as a main source of child vulnerability and is therefore an outdated approach.</p> |
| spellingShingle | Children and youth Crivello, G Chuta, N Rethinking orphanhood and vulnerability in Ethiopia |
| title | Rethinking orphanhood and vulnerability in Ethiopia |
| title_full | Rethinking orphanhood and vulnerability in Ethiopia |
| title_fullStr | Rethinking orphanhood and vulnerability in Ethiopia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Rethinking orphanhood and vulnerability in Ethiopia |
| title_short | Rethinking orphanhood and vulnerability in Ethiopia |
| title_sort | rethinking orphanhood and vulnerability in ethiopia |
| topic | Children and youth |
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