Balancing school and work with new opportunities: changes in children’s gendered time use in Ethiopia (2006–2013)

Boyden, Jo; Porter, Catherine; Zharkevich, Ina

doi:10.1080/14733285.2020.1747600

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“…Based on these views, it could be suggested that the parental income is one of the factors that play a role in child labor. The findings of several studies were consistent with this finding (Gun, 2017;Boyden, et al 2016;Duyar & Ozener, 2003). When the child works due to economical reasons, a child under dire conditions could support the parents by working, and sometimes the child could work to finance educational expenditures (Bourdillon, 2017).…”

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“…Previous studies reported that age and the length of the shifts of working children played a role in arriving late to school and absenteeism. In cases where the daily shift was long, the absenteeism tendency or even dropping out of school increased (Boyden et al, 2016, Gunnarsson et al, 2004. Especially young working children could not balance work and school activities and may tend to neglect the school activities (Orkin, 2012).…”

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A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children

Cülha¹,

Demirtaş²

2021

Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi

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Purpose:The present study aims to analyze the availability of educational services for working students.The study attempts to determine the impact of educational activities conducted in schools attended by working students on education quality, the problems and expectations of working students based on the views of the stakeholders.Design/Methodology/Approach: The participants include school administrators, teachers and parents of working students in the qualitative study. Conducting the research at the secondary school level is seen as a limitation. The participants of the study consist of secondary school administrators and children who study in these schools. Semi-structured interview forms are employed as the data collection instrument, and the collected data are analyzed with the content analysis method.Findings: The study findings demonstrated that educational activities had certain negative effects such as disinterest in schooling, academic failure, fatigue, absenteeism, and undesired behavior, as well as positive effects such as acquisition of a vocation, maturity, and protection. The stakeholders suggested issues such as negative role models, absenteeism, fatigue, early professional responsibilities, conflict, academic failure, and recommendations such as parent training, financial support, and vocational training. It was determined that these students expected financial support, parent training and planned work schedules.Highlights: It could be suggested that there are various interactive dimensions of the employment of educational activities for working children, and future policies that are specific to the problem and the region could be more effective when compared to the present centralist approaches.

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A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children

Cülha¹,

Demirtaş²

2021

Kastamonu Eğitim Dergisi

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“…Children, for example, may not be listened to in the home, for example, if they complain about tiredness and the impact of exhaustion on their future wellbeing may be even greater than on adults. There is already some evidence that care by children leads to lower rates of schooling (Robson et al 2006), and that these children may also experience depression, stress, anxiety and stigma (Boyden et al 2016;Camilletti et al 2018). But neither the severity of these costs nor at what point on 'the caregiving continuum' (Becker 2007) costs kick in is clear -nor is there research as to whether more imaginative social policies could help mitigate these costs.…”

Section: Towards An Intersectional Understanding Of Depletion Through Socialmentioning

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Depletion, intersectionality and the limits of social policy: child carers in Mexico City

Grugel

Macias

Shirin

2020

European Journal of Politics and Gender

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This article makes a dual contribution. First, it adds an intersectional perspective to studies of depletion through social reproduction, examining the depletion experienced by children and adolescents caring for their younger siblings in Mexico City. The depletion that child carers experience is shaped by age, low income, other forms of work in and outside the home, and gender. Second, we explore the limitations of cash transfer welfare programmes by examining their failure to address the needs of children who provide care within the family and show how misperceptions by social policymakers of the experiences of young carers limit the capacity of social policies to make a difference to their well-being. The article underlines the importance of the greater recognition of social reproductive work by poor children and adolescents, and of the intersectional depletion that they experience, both within social policy and in academic research.

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“…He herded cattle full-time, so that his sisters could attend school. Mihretu was able to attend school only because his two elder brothers herded the cattle (Boyden et al, 2016). The implications of children's care and economic work for their learning during adolescence are discussed in Chapter Six.…”

Section: Mass School Enrolment Has Not Been Matched By Equal Learningmentioning

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“…The fall-off in school attendance is especially apparent among adolescent boys in Ethiopia and Vietnam, as is the increase in the time they spend working. In Ethiopia, one reason is a recent rise in off-farm employment in some rural areas, which is frequently full-time and so precludes schooling (Boyden et al, 2016). Aspirations also decline at this point as everyday realities begin to undermine hopes for a better future (Favara, 2016).…”

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Tracing the Consequences of Child Poverty

Boyden¹,

Dawes²,

Dornan³

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What matters most in how poverty shapes children's wellbeing and development? How can data inform social policy and practice approaches to improving the outcomes for poorer children? Using life course analysis from the Young Lives study of 12,000 children growing up in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam over the past 15 years, this book draws on evidence from two cohorts of children, from 1 to 15 years old and from 8 to 22 years old. It examines how poverty affects children's development in low- and middle-income countries, and how policy has been used to improve their lives, then goes on to show when key developmental differences occur. The book uses new evidence to develop a framework of what matters most and when, and outlines effective policy approaches to inform the no-one left behind Sustainable Development Goal agenda.

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Balancing school and work with new opportunities: changes in children’s gendered time use in Ethiopia (2006–2013)

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A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children

A Disadvantaged Student Group: Educational Experiences of Working Children

Depletion, intersectionality and the limits of social policy: child carers in Mexico City

Tracing the Consequences of Child Poverty

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