Negotiating girl-led advocacy addressing early and forced marriage in South Africa

Sadiyya Haffejee; Astrid Treffry-Goatley; Lisa Wiebesiek; Nkonzo Mkhize

doi:10.3167/ghs.2020.130204

Negotiating girl-led advocacy addressing early and forced marriage in South Africa

Sadiyya Haffejee
, Astrid Treffry-Goatley
, Lisa Wiebesiek
, Nkonzo Mkhize

University of KwaZulu-Natal
School of Education at UKZN
Centre for Visual Methodologies for Social Change

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Abstract

Increasingly, researchers and policymakers recognize the ability of girls to effect social change in their daily lives. Scholars working across diverse settings also acknowledge the key influence of individual, family, and societal structures on such activism. Drawing on our work with girls in a participatory visual research project in a rural community in South Africa, we consider examples of partnership and collaboration between the adult research team and the young participants. We highlight their agency in mobilizing adults to partner and support community and policy change to address traditional practices of early and forced marriage in this setting. We conclude that collaborative engagement with adults as partners can support activism and advocacy led by girls in contexts of traditional leadership.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	18-34
Number of pages	17
Journal	Girlhood Studies
Volume	13
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.3167/ghs.2020.130204
Publication status	Published - Jun 2020
Externally published	Yes

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 5 Gender Equality
SDG 16 Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions

Keywords

Collaboration
Gender-based violence
Intergenerational
Rural
Social Ills Fighters (SIFs)
Traditional authority b

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Gender Studies
Social Psychology
Education
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Sociology and Political Science
Life-span and Life-course Studies

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