Early Marriage in Perspective: Practicing an Ethics of Dialogue with Syrian Refugees in Jordan

An Van Raemdonck and Marina de Regt
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An Van Raemdonck: Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology, VU University Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marina de Regt: Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands

Progress in Development Studies, 2020, vol. 20, issue 4, 312-327

Abstract: This article discusses rationales for development and humanitarian intervention through the lenses of poststructuralist policy analysis and a postcolonial politics of the womb. It aims to show a variety of perspectives on early marriage and the limitations of dominant policy responses. The article argues that humanitarian logics easily blend with developmentalist models, especially in conditions of protracted displacement. The response to the rise of early marriage among Syrians in Jordan mainly consists of educational activities such as awareness raising that are based on imparting knowledge. The article suggests that responses based on an ethics of dialogue may be more adequate to meet refugees’ needs and, second, may help to shift the balance from developmentalist reproductive governance towards realizing the humanitarian goal of identifying and addressing women refugees’ needs.

Keywords: Early marriage; Syrian refugees; Jordan; humanitarianism; ethics; reproductive governance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1177/1464993420977774

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