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Rethinking orphanhood and vulnerability in Ethiopia

Abstract:: ‘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 ‘OVC’ obscures poverty as a main source of child vulnerability and is therefore an outdated approach.

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Crivello, G., & Chuta, N. (2012). Rethinking orphanhood and vulnerability in Ethiopia. Development in Practice, 22(4), 536–548.

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Crivello, G., and N. Chuta. “Rethinking Orphanhood and Vulnerability in Ethiopia.” Development in Practice, Accepted Manuscript, vol. 22, no. 4, Routledge, 2012, pp. 536–48.

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Crivello, G, and N Chuta. 2012. “Rethinking Orphanhood and Vulnerability in Ethiopia.” Development in Practice 22 (4): 536–48.
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Publisher copy:: 10.1080/09614524.2012.673556

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Institution:: University of Oxford
Division:: SSD
Department:: International Development
Research group:: Young Lives
Role:: Author

+ Chuta, N More by this author

Research group:: Young Lives
Role:: Author

+ Department for International Development More from this funder

Funding agency for:: Chuta, N; Crivello, G
Grant:: R8544; R8544

Publisher:: Routledge
Journal:: Development in Practice More from this journal
Volume:: 22
Issue:: 4
Pages:: 536-548
Publication date:: 2012-01-01
Edition:: Accepted Manuscript
DOI:: 10.1080/09614524.2012.673556
EISSN:: 1364-9213
ISSN:: 0961-4524

Language:: English
Keywords:: Ethiopia

vulnerability

child poverty

orphanhood
Subjects:: Children and youth
UUID:: uuid:090e39a0-51b3-4bb0-a67f-203a5f31dae2
Local pid:: ora:9100
Deposit date:: 2014-10-15

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Copyright holder:: Taylor & Francis
Copyright date:: 2012
Notes:: Copyright 2012 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis Group in Development in Practice on 6/06/2012, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1080/09614524.2012.673556
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Crivello, Gina and Nardos Chuta (2012) ‘Rethinking Orphanhood and Vulnerability in Ethiopia’, Development in Practice 22 (4): 536-548. DOI: 10.1080/09614524.2012.673556
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