Harmful Traditional Practices and child protection: contested understandings and practices of female child marriage and circumcision in Ethiopia

<p>Local perspectives on female child marriage and circumcision in Ethiopia are explored in this paper. Both practices are widespread still, despite international and national efforts to eradicate them, and reflect deep-rooted patriarchal and gerontocratic values regulating transactions betwee...

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Main Authors: Boyden, J, Pankhurst, A, Tafere, Y
Formato: Working paper
Idioma:English
Publicado: Young Lives 2013
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