Alo, Adem (2003) A Study of Gender-Related Traditional Practices Harmful to Women and Girls (The Case of Dodola District in Bale Zone). Masters thesis, Addis Ababa University.
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Abstract
The purpose of this study is to examine and understand the prevalence, problems and the magnitude of some of the major gender-based Traditional Practices with special reference to female circumcision, abduction and early marriage in the rural areas of the Dodola District in Bale Zone. The study aimed also at exploring the ideology of the people regarding these issues. The subjects who took part in the study include students (boys and girls), girls- out- of school, men and women and the key informants. The major sampling techniques employed in selecting these subjects were stratified, purposeful, availability and simple random sampling. The major instruments used for the data Collection were the structured and semi-structured Questionnaire and Interview. Depending on the nature of the data collected, both the Descriptive (Percentages, Frequencies, Averages and standard deviations) and the inferential statistics (the Chi-square and the t– test) were employed to systematize and analyze the data. The findings have shown that both the female circumcision and abduction of girls are common practice in the study area with the exception of the early marriage. There were statistically significant differences between the male and female respondents with respect to these points. However, while the act of abducting girls is gradually declining at the escalating rate, female circumcision tends to persist, as one form of cultural exercise, in the society under discussion. This is such a sensitive issue that a girl can never be involved in marriage without undergoing circumcision. The findings have indicated also that circumcision of girls and marriages are the two interdependent cultural practices and the former is regarded as a pre-requisite for the latter. Early marriage is not common in this society and, rather it was revealed that a girl is expected to get married after the age of twenty. Some recommendations were made, based on the findings, towards minimizing, if not eliminating, these practices. Integrating such issues in the school curriculum, establishing committee at the regional, zonal and District levels and research undertakings at various academic institutions (for instance, regional colleges, schools etc), were the major points of recommendations to play a lion’s share. The utilization of the mass media, and the educated women, would also contribute much to advocate the harmfulness of these practices, particularly, the circumcision of females and, to gradually minimize and eradicate them.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Masters) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Educational Psychology |
| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GT Manners and customs H Social Sciences > HQ The family. Marriage. Woman H Social Sciences > HV Social pathology. Social and public welfare L Education > L Education (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine > RA0421 Public health. Hygiene. Preventive Medicine |
| Divisions: | Africana |
| Depositing User: | Andriamparany Edilbert RANOARIVONY |
| Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2018 13:14 |
| Last Modified: | 27 Jul 2018 13:14 |
| URI: | http://thesisbank.jhia.ac.ke/id/eprint/8328 |
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