‘Hidden Motives’? African Women, Forced Marriage and Knowledge Production at the United Nations, 1950–1962

2021 ◽  
pp. 002200942110319
Author(s):  
Rhian Elinor Keyse
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Knowledge Production ◽  
African Women ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
The Family ◽  
Minimum Age ◽  
International Knowledge ◽  
International Instruments ◽  
Second World

The period following the Second World War saw much international debate around African marriage, especially practices believed by Western observers to be coercive, and the emergence of international instruments ostensibly designed to counter these practices. Drawing on feminist readings of governmentalities, this article explores United Nations debates around the 1956 Supplementary Convention on the Abolition of Slavery, the Slave Trade, and Institutions and Practices Similar to Slavery, and the 1962 Convention on Consent to Marriage, Minimum Age for Marriage and Registration of Marriages. Despite the United Nations’s preferred impression of benign universality, neither the international debates around forced and early marriage, nor the instruments they generated, were the product of neutral ‘expertise’. Rather, they represented attempts to reframe and govern marriage and the family through knowledge production. The interventions produced did not – and were not intended to – produce tangible benefits in the lives of African women and girls. Instead, they served political ends in the adversarial atmosphere of the decolonization and Cold War-era United Nations, and also represented continuities with earlier colonial ideas. In the creation of these discursive framings, African women’s voices were largely ignored, excluding them from debates that concerned them and minimizing their contributions to international ‘knowledge’.

Narrating Everyday Precarity: Women’s Voices from Resource Poor Areas

2017 ◽  
Vol 13 (1) ◽  
pp. 192-209
Author(s):  
Veronica Masenya ◽  
Katinka De Wet ◽  
Jan K. Coetzee
Keyword(s):  
African Women ◽  
Unequal Distribution ◽  
Women's Voices ◽  
Black African ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Everyday ◽  
Resource Poor ◽  
Distribution Of Resources ◽  
History Of ◽  
African Families

African family life in South Africa’s post-apartheid context is shaped by the socio-political history of the country. Despite various attempts to address the remnants of poverty, unequal distribution of resources and the lack of livelihood services still exist. African families from resource poor areas of townships in South Africa are still faced with poverty and deprivation. Black African women, often with minimum schooling, suffer the most from these scourges. This article aims to explore the everyday life narratives of precarity at various levels and the manner in which women from Mangaung Township in Bloemfontein cope with this. They talk about the fragile relationships within the family, about the gendered dynamics of the household, and about the importance of support networks.

scholarly journals PERTIMBANGAN HAKIM TERHADAP DISPENSASI NIKAH DI BAWAH UMUR (STUDI KASUS PENGADILAN AGAMA PARIGI)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 165-187
Author(s):  
Andini Asmarini
Keyword(s):  
Field Research ◽  
Data Interpretation ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Legal Compliance ◽  
Arranged Marriages ◽  
Analysis Techniques ◽  
The Family ◽  
Minimum Age ◽  
The Government ◽  
Age Of Marriage

This study examines the judge's considerations in resolving marriage dispensation cases at the Parigi Religious Court. This research includes field research with qualitative methods. Data was collected through documentation studies, interviews, and observations. Data analysis techniques used are data reduction, data presentation, data interpretation, and drawing conclusions. The background of this research is Law No. 16 of 2019 Article 7 paragraph 1 regarding the minimum age of marriage, which is 19 years for men and women, as well as paragraphs 2 & 3 regarding the granting of marriage dispensation with very urgent reasons. The description in this journal departs from the factors that form the background of the application for a marriage dispensation and how judges consider in resolving a marriage dispensation case at the Parigi Religious Court. The results showed that the background of the application for marriage dispensation at the Parigi Religious Court was due to pregnancy outside of marriage, arranged marriages, and reasons to avoid adultery. The considerations made by the judge are through the principle of expediency, the necessity to refuse harm, the interests of the child and baby in the womb, and the legal compliance of the family. From the conclusions obtained, it is recommended that the government and community organizations intensively conduct speeches and counseling about the dangers of early marriage in the community, as well as increase parental and family supervision of the association and development of children. Abstrak Penelitian ini mengkaji tentang pertimbangan hakim dalam penyelesaian perkara dispensasi nikah di Pengadilan Agama Parigi. Penelitian ini termasuk penelitian lapangan dengan metode kualitatif. Pengumpulan data dilakukan melalui studi dokumentasi, wawancara, dan observasi. Teknik analisis data yang digunakan adalah reduksi data, penyajian data, penafsiran data, dan penarikan kesimpulan. Latar belakang penelitian ini adalah Undang-Undang No 16 Tahun 2019 Pasal 7 ayat 1 mengenai umur minimal pernikahan yaitu 19 tahun bagi pria dan wanita, serta ayat 2 & 3 mengenai pemberian dispensasi nikah dengan alasan sangat mendesak. Uraian dalam jurnal ini berangkat dari faktor-faktor yang menjadi latar belakang permohonan dispensasi nikah dan bagaimana pertimbangan hakim dalam menyelesaikan perkara dispensasi nikah di Pengadilan Agama Parigi. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa latar belakang permohonan dispensasi nikah di Pengadilan Agama Parigi akibat kondisi hamil di luar nikah, perjodohan, dan alasan menghindari zina. Adapun pertimbangan yang dilakukan hakim yaitu melalui asas kemanfaatan, keharusan untuk menolak mudharat, kepentingan anak dan bayi dalam kandungan, serta kepatuhan hukum pihak keluarga. Dari kesimpulan yang diperoleh, disarankan agar pemerintah serta organisasi kemasyarakatan gencar melakukan orasi dan penyuluhan tentang bahaya menikah dini di tengah masyarakat, serta meningkatkan pengawasan orang tua dan keluarga terhadap pergaulan dan perkembangan anak.

Socio-cultural aspects of age at marriage in the Middle East

1978 ◽  
Vol 10 (S5) ◽  
pp. 215-226 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sattareh Farman Farmaian
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Cultural Institutions ◽  
Poor Countries ◽  
Cultural Aspects ◽  
Age At Marriage ◽  
The Past ◽  
The Family ◽  
Minimum Age ◽  
Status Of Women

In the past 20 years at least 54 countries have passed legislation setting or raising the minimum age at marriage. How successful this legislation will be is questionable, especially when it runs counter to prevailing social and cultural institutions and beliefs, but it does reflect the growing international concern with delaying marriage. The deleterious consequences of early marriage are most evident in high birth rates and low status of women, both of which prevent poor countries from developing. Concern for postponing marriage has evolved from the larger objectives of stemming population growth and of guaranteeing women their basic rights. To raise the standard of health and education of the mother thus improves the welfare of the family.

Historisitas dan Tujuan Aturan Umur Minimal Perkawinan dalam Perundang-Undangan Keluarga Islam di Indonesia

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (2) ◽  
pp. 163-177
Author(s):  
Nur Wahid
Keyword(s):  
Sexually Transmitted Diseases ◽  
Mortality Rates ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Premature Births ◽  
Sexually Transmitted ◽  
Minimum Age ◽  
Psychological Maturity ◽  
Strongly Agree ◽  
Age Of Marriage

This paper examines the minimum age requirement for marriage in Indonesian family law legislation in Indonesia historically. Determination of the minimum age for marriage in various countries is the result of ijtihad by considering the principle of physical and psychological maturity. In Indonesian marriage legislation sating that marriage is only permitted if the man reaches the age of 19 (nineteen) years and the woman has reached 16 (sixteen) years. Early marriage has several risks such as potential premature births, birth defects, maternal depression rates, maternal mortality rates, risk of contracting sexually transmitted diseases. Therefore, the authors strongly agree that the minimum age of marriage in Indonesia changed to 19 years

International Child Welfare: Deconstructing UNICEF's Country Programmes

2005 ◽  
Vol 4 (4) ◽  
pp. 457-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siobhan E. Laird
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Child Welfare ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Agenda Setting ◽  
Social Organisation ◽  
Bretton Woods ◽  
International Child ◽  
The Family ◽  
Bretton Woods Institutions

There has been exhaustive scrutiny of the policies of the Bretton Woods institutions and the United Nations Population Fund. UNICEF, despite a prominent role in agenda setting for children's welfare in developing countries, has not been subject to comparable scrutiny. This paper argues that the Country Programmes promulgated by UNICEF to improve children's welfare reflect ethnocentric conceptualisations of the family. As a case study, Ghana's Country Programme 2001–2005 is considered in detail. Anthropological studies are adduced to highlight underlying ethnocentric assumptions around social organisation. The ramifications of these assumptions are then considered.

scholarly journals Gendered Justice: Inequalities in the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility in Iran

Youth Justice ◽  
2021 ◽  
pp. 147322542110228
Author(s):  
Jo Staines ◽  
Nadia Aghtaie ◽  
Jessica Roy
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Criminal Responsibility ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
Islamic Countries ◽  
Minimum Age ◽  
The United Nations

Using the minimum age of criminal responsibility (MACR) in Iran as an illustration, this article explores the continued resistance against girls’ rights in some Islamic countries. The gendered construction of childhood in Iran has resulted in a differential MACR, which for boys is notably higher than that recommended by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child, yet for girls is unacceptably low. While breaches of girls’ rights in other areas are defended on the grounds of paternalistic concerns, it is argued that the MACR is a religious-politico decision that, in Iran, upholds the rights of boys but denies the rights of girls, propagating their wider subjugation.

ON THE ROLE AND RELEVANCE OF THE UNITED NATIONS AND ITS FUTURE PROSPECTS

2019 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 33-39
Author(s):  
Михаил Елизаров
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Second World War ◽  
Future Prospects ◽  
International Peace ◽  
World War ◽  
Peace And Security ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
The United Nations ◽  
Second World

Born out of the ashes of the Second World War, the United Nations has made a major contribution to maintain international peace and security. Based on common goals, shared burdens and expenses, responsibility and accountability, the UN helped to reduce the risk of a repetition of a Word War, to reduce hunger and poverty, and promote human rights. But today, the legitimacy and credibility of the UN have been seriously undermined by the desire of some countries to act alone, abandoning multilateralism. So, do we need the UN today?

Unfulfilled Promise: Palestinian Family Reunification and the Right of Return

2016 ◽  
Vol 45 (3) ◽  
pp. 24-39
Author(s):  
Nabila El-Ahmed ◽  
Nadia Abu-Zahra
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Family Reunification ◽  
The State ◽  
Early Years ◽  
Successor State ◽  
Palestinian Refugees ◽  
Right Of Return ◽  
The Family ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Right

This article argues that Israel substituted the Palestinian refugees' internationally recognized right of return with a family reunification program during its maneuvering over admission at the United Nations following the creation of the state in May 1948. Israel was granted UN membership in 1949 on the understanding that it would have to comply with legal international requirements to ensure the return of a substantial number of the 750,000 Palestinians dispossessed in the process of establishing the Zionist state, as well as citizenship there as a successor state. However, once the coveted UN membership had been obtained, and armistice agreements signed with neighboring countries, Israel parlayed this commitment into the much vaguer family reunification program, which it proceeded to apply with Kafkaesque absurdity over the next fifty years. As a result, Palestinians made refugees first in 1948, and later in 1967, continue to be deprived of their legally recognized right to return to their homes and their homeland, and the family reunification program remains the unfulfilled promise of the early years of Israeli statehood.

scholarly journals Strategi Pusaka Sakinah dalam Menjawab Tantangan Ketahanan Keluarga dalam Permasalahan Pernikahan Dini

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (2) ◽  
pp. 133
Author(s):  
Zaenal Mustaqim ◽  
Abas Mansur Tamam ◽  
Imas Kania Rahman
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Research ◽  
Human Development ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Family Resilience ◽  
Analytic Study ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
The Family ◽  
New Ideas

<p class="15bIsiAbstractBInggris">Family resilience is an important factor in human development. Various ways can be done to build it. Pre-marital guidance is an effort to answer the problem of family resilience. This study aims to describe the form of the family resilience program at the Ciawi Religious Affairs Office and its suitability in addressing the problem of family resilience, which in this case is the problem of early marriage. This type of research is qualitative research with an analytic study approach. This study resulted in the findings that of the three family resilience programs in the KUA Ciawi, the Pusaka Sakinah program has steps that lead to overcoming the problem of early marriage in the form of cross-sectional services, where the KUA can work together with schools. By aligning pre-marital guidance with the school curriculum to provide an understanding of everything related to early marriage. And to realize the cooperation of the Ciawi KUA with the school, a clear, systematic, and directed program is needed that has not been stated concretely in the implementation instructions for the Sakina Heritage. This research is expected to generate new ideas or strategies in an effort to increase family resilience through the Pusaka Sakinah program.</p><p class="16aJudulAbstrak"><strong>Abstrak   </strong>                               </p><p class="16bIsiAbstrak">Ketahanan keluarga merupakan faktor penting dalam membangun manusia. Berbagai pihak telah brusaha melakukan kearah sana. Bimbingan pra-nikah adalah salah satu usaha untuk menjawab permasalahan ketahanan keluarga. Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan bentuk program ketahanan keluarga di Kantor Urusan Agama Ciawi yang salah satunya adalah Pusaka Sakinah dan kesesuiannya dalam menjawab permasalahan ketahanan keluarga, yang dalam hal ini adalah masalah pernikahan dini. Jenis penelitian yang digunakan adalah penelitian kualitatif dengan pendekatan studi analitik. Penelitian ini menghasilkan temuan bahwa dari tiga program ketahanan keluarga yang ada di KUA kecamatan Ciawi, program Pusaka Sakinahlah yang memiliki langkah yang mengarah pada mengatasi masalah pernikahan dini berupa layanan lintas sektroal, dimana KUA dapat bekerajasama dengan sekolah. Dengan cara menyelaraskan bimbingan pra-nikah dengan kurikulum sekolah untuk memberikan pemahaman tentang segala yang terkait dengan peranikahaan lebih dini. Dan untuk mewujudkan kerjasama KUA kecamatan Ciawi dengan pihak sekolah ini diperlukan program yang jelas terinci, sistematis dan terarah yang belum disebutkan secara kongkrit dalam petunjuk pelaksanaan Pusaka Sakina tersebut.  Dari penelitian ini diharapkan melahirkan ide atau strategi baru dalam usaha meningkatkan ketahana keluarga melalui program Pusaka Sakinah</p>

scholarly journals Skipan talsmanns fyrir börn – grundvöllur ákvörðunar og framkvæmd

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 313-332
Author(s):  
Hrefna Friðriksdóttir ◽  
Hafdís Gísladóttir
Keyword(s):  
United Nations ◽  
Child Protection ◽  
Justice System ◽  
Democratic Society ◽  
Rights Of The Child ◽  
The Status ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
Child Friendly ◽  
The Right ◽  
International Instruments

In recent years there has been a growing interest in the rights of children in various justice systems. The interpretation of international instruments, such as the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child legalized in Iceland as law 19/2013, places a strong emphasis on strengthening the status of the child. The concept of child-friendly justice has emerged reflecting a vision of a justice system that has adapted to the interests and needs of children. A key element is ensuring the right of the child to participate, building on the notion that participation actively promotes their citizenship in a democratic society. The complexity of child protection cases makes it imperative to ensure that children get the assistance they need to communicate and be able to influence procedures. This article discusses the development of provisions in child protection laws on the appointment of spokespersons for children and represents the findings of a study done on such appointments with various child protection committees. The main results of this research indicate that the development of the law has been positive. The enforcement does not however reflect these develpments and there is a lack of formality, assessment and satisfactory argumentation.

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