Purpose

Many Ethiopian adolescents experience different forms of violence and abuse at home, at school, and in their communities. There are very limited referral, case management, and justice services, especially outside of urban areas, so young people draw largely on protective and promotive interpersonal resources. This article explores the extent to which available support systems promote processes of resilience among young people at risk of age- and gender-based violence and abuse.

Methods

The article draws on data from Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE), a longitudinal research study. Qualitative data were collected in 2017–2018 and 2019–2020 through individual interviews and focus group discussions with 595 adolescents and their families, and 77 service provider, community and governmental key informants.

Results

In the absence of effective and at-scale formal protection services, young people who experience age- and gender-based violence draw on support from family members and diverse peer networks. These range from informal friendship groups to organized groups, school-based girls' clubs, and recently formed youth movements linked to the current political transformation in the country. However, given the complex economic, political and social drivers of age- and gender-based violence and abuse, we find that social systems drawn upon by adolescents are often misaligned with formal services and have limited capacity to enable their resilience.

Conclusions

The findings underline the need to invest in multi-systemic effective, low-cost and accessible social protection, justice, and referral services to address the multiple factors that drive intersecting forms of violence and support young people in preventing and overcoming the effects of abuse.

中文翻译：

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支持埃塞俄比亚面临虐待儿童风险的年轻人的复原力：社会系统协调的作用

目的

许多埃塞俄比亚青少年在家中、学校和社区中遭受不同形式的暴力和虐待。转介、案件管理和司法服务非常有限，尤其是在城市地区以外，因此年轻人主要依靠保护性和促进性的人际资源。本文探讨了可用的支持系统在多大程度上促进了面临基于年龄和性别的暴力和虐待风险的年轻人的复原力过程。

方法

本文借鉴了纵向研究研究《性别与青春期：全球证据》(GAGE) 的数据。定性数据是在 2017-2018 年和 2019-2020 年通过与 595 名青少年及其家人以及 77 名服务提供者、社区和政府的主要信息提供者的个人访谈和焦点小组讨论收集的。

结果

在缺乏有效和大规模的正式保护服务的情况下，遭受基于年龄和性别暴力的年轻人需要家庭成员和各种同伴网络的支持。这些范围从非正式的友谊团体到有组织的团体、以学校为基础的女孩俱乐部，以及最近形成的与该国当前政治转型相关的青年运动。然而，鉴于基于年龄和性别的暴力和虐待的复杂经济、政治和社会驱动因素，我们发现青少年所利用的社会系统往往与正规服务不一致，并且使其恢复能力的能力有限。

结论

调查结果强调需要投资于多系统有效、低成本和可获得的社会保护、司法和转介服务，以解决驱动交叉形式暴力的多种因素，并支持年轻人预防和克服虐待的影响。