THE ROLE OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN CURBING GIRL MARRIAGES: A FAMSA CASE STUDY

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15270/56-2-820

Keywords:

girl marriage, child rights, child protection, gender inequality, developmental approach, FAMSA

Abstract

Girl marriage is a global problem which is also prevalent in South Africa. It imposes on the rights of children and is recognised as a harmful practice (United Nations, 2015). This paper reports on a case study with social workers of the Families and Marriage Society of South Africa (FAMSA) in the Eastern Cape and Gauteng. The study concludes that the developmental approach presents a framework for social workers to curb girl marriages. Resources, coordination among stakeholders, monitoring of programmes, interventions and policies are required to curb girl marriage. A rights-based policy and enforcement and monitoring of existing policies that protect children are key to ending the practice of girl marriage.

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Author Biographies

Thapelo Adua Salim, University of Pretoria

Postgraduate student, Department of Social Work & Criminology

Antoinette Lombard, University of Pretoria

Department of Social Work & Criminology

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Published

2020-06-22

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Salim, T. A., & Lombard, A. (2020). THE ROLE OF SOCIAL WORKERS IN CURBING GIRL MARRIAGES: A FAMSA CASE STUDY. Social Work/Maatskaplike Werk, 56(2), 190. https://doi.org/10.15270/56-2-820

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Vol. 56 No. 2 (2020)

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