The ebbs and flows of policy enactments on school-related gender-based violence: Insights from Ethiopia, Zambia, Côte d’Ivoire and Togo

Jenny Parkes, Freya Johnson Ross and Jo Heslop

International Journal of Educational Development, 2020, vol. 72, issue C

Abstract: While school-related gender-based violence (SRGBV) is increasingly on the agenda of international development agencies and national governments, there is little evidence on the policy processes that can more effectively address violence. Drawing on data from studies conducted during an innovative three year action research project with UNICEF and governments in Ethiopia, Togo, Côte d’Ivoire and Zambia, this paper explores the struggles of actors and organisations engaged in developing and implementing policies linked to SRGBV at national, mid and local levels. We examine interlinked political, conceptual and resource challenges that frequently hinder the multi-dimensional work needed to respond to and prevent the many forms of everyday violence in girls’ and boys’ lives. Finally, we explore the potential for strengthening government structures, and networks across sectors and state and non-state organisations, that are able to support the creative work of school communities to recontextualise policies, in order to generate more effective multi-dimensional policy enactments.

Keywords: Violence; Gender; Gender-based violence; School-related gender-based violence; Africa; Ethiopia; Zambia; Côte d’Ivoire; Togo; Education policy; Policy enactment; Policy translation; Policy implementation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijedudev.2019.102133

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