Protecting Women and Girls from Harmful Traditional Practices: Evaluating State Responses in the Bench-Maji Zone, Southwest Ethiopia

2018 ◽  
Vol 39 (2) ◽  
pp. 297
Author(s):  
Zelalem Shiferaw Woldenmichael
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Practices ◽  
Southwest Ethiopia ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Harmful Traditional Practices ◽  
State Responses

scholarly journals The Cultural Realms and Their Implications for Development: A study of Abubakar Adam Ibrahim’s Season of Crimson Blossoms

2016 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 11
Author(s):  
Onyebuchi James Ile ◽  
Susan Dauda
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Practices ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Or Organization ◽  
Harmful Traditional Practices ◽  
Do So

Traditions are very important for a community, society, family or organization. They are like glue that holds people together and continues to do so for generations. Although it is beneficial to man there are some aspects of tradition that are actually harmful and even dangerous. In this study of Season of Crimson Blossoms by Abubakar Adam Ibrahim we see some of these traditions and the effect they have on the characters. The Objective was to show that literature helps us become aware of harmful traditional practices and even positions us to make interventions. The paper also notes how these traditions are mainly targeted at women and girls. The methodology was largely qualitative.

scholarly journals Respecting and Ensuring Rights

2019 ◽  
pp. 16-54
Author(s):  
Sukhwant Dhaliwal
Keyword(s):  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Final Section ◽  
State Intervention ◽  
Terrorist Attacks ◽  
Human Right ◽  
State Response ◽  
Important Concern ◽  
Women And Girls ◽  
Gender Perspectives ◽  
State Responses

This article revisits the multiple terrorist attacks that took place in England in 2017 and, through a closer examination of the narratives of the eight male perpetrators of these attacks, it draws the readers’ attention to the flaws in state and non-state responses to fundamentalist mobilisations. The article works with Karima Bennoune’s (2008) radical universalist approach to highlight the importance of a human rights framework for tackling fundamentalism. This is positioned against a neo-liberal and nationalist state response and a reactive left/anti-racist response in order to make visible the connections between terror and torture and also the myopia of a response that emphasises an obligation  to either respect or ensure rights rather than both simultaneously. This is particularly underlined within the final section where a discussion of gender perspectives on tackling fundamentalism distinguishes between the human right to security, an important concern for feminists involved in ending violence against women and girls, and the government’s protection of it’s own interests through securitisation. In keeping with the conjoined objectives of the piece, the final section offers a simultaneous critique of non-state actors for whom every state intervention on fundamentalism, and every feminist engagement with the state, is sullied by the accusation of ‘securitisation’.

Prosecuting Cases of Harmful Traditional Practices

2020 ◽  
pp. 155-174
Author(s):  
Gerry Campbell ◽  
Karl A. Roberts ◽  
Neelam Sarkaria
Keyword(s):  
Traditional Practices ◽  
Harmful Traditional Practices

Violation of Women’s Rights by Harmful Traditional Practices

2011 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 121-129 ◽  
Author(s):  
Newman Wadesango ◽  
Symphorosa Rembe ◽  
Owence Chabaya
Keyword(s):  
Women's Rights ◽  
Women’S Rights ◽  
Traditional Practices ◽  
Harmful Traditional Practices

scholarly journals Appraisal of harmful traditional practices in Nigeria: magnitude, justifications and interventions

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 67-78
Author(s):  
Timilehin Olayinka Omoniyi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Caste System ◽  
Early Marriage ◽  
Traditional Practices ◽  
Elderly Persons ◽  
The West ◽  
High Magnitude ◽  
Personal Experiences ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Education Interventions ◽  
Harmful Traditional Practices

Purpose: The study did an appraisal of harmful traditional practices (HTPs) in Nigeria despite global, regional, national laws, policies and programmes, women and girl-children are still being subjected to dehumanising treatments. Research methodology: Systematic search in literature, personal experiences, archival materials, and oral interviews were used in data collection, while thematic analysis was used to interpret oral confessions carried out on thirty-six (36) elderly persons who were purposively selected. Results: There is high prevalence of HTPs across the Nigeria which the cultural and secular laws are silent about. It was discovered that many children (underage 10-15years of age) in Hausa/Fulani lands are prone to marriage by adoption, force or early marriage of girls between, while in the Eastern part, the is high magnitude of child hustling, outrageous dowry payment, separatist theory as practiced in Osu caste system, servitude (Maid) etc, and in the West are practices of scarification, wife battery, polygamy. They rely on socio-cultural, psycho-sexual, spiritual and aesthetic justifications. The study recommends action-related studies followed by proper education interventions. Limitations: The study covered HTPs across Nigeria with 36 participants. Further studies should concentrate on tribe or region basis with larger participants. Contribution: This study did an appraisal of harmful traditional practices in Nigeria; magnitude, justifications and interventions Keywords: Harmful Traditional Practices, Traditions, Magnitude, Justification

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