TY - BOOK TI - The rights of children in Ethiopia : : empirical investigations from multidisciplinary perspectives SN - 9789994497881 U1 - 301.43 RIG 2016 CO.3/3 PY - 2016/// CY - Addis Ababa PB - The Center for Human Rights KW - Children Rights N1 - Contents Introduction Children's Rights Between Global Norms and Local Realities In Ethiopia Alula Pankhurst, Yeraswork Admassie, and Yitayew Alemayehu Street Work and the Experiences of Children Perspectives from Dilla Town, Southern Ethiopia Daniel Gebretsadik and Solomon Mulugeta Changing and Hidden Aspects of Early Marriage Arrangements among Peasant Communities of Amhara Region The Case of Fogera Woreda in South Gondar Guday Emirie and Eshetu Ewnetu Perceived Parental Support and Psychological Wellbeing among Children Living with Stepparents Belay Tefera and Matewos Gena Intergenerational Transmission of Poverty and Child Wellbeing in Ethiopia Early Childhood Health, Nutrition and Cognitive Development Belay Tefera and Matewos Gena Notes on Editors and Contributors N2 - Children and issues affecting them have been the subject of numerous research papers by graduate students of Adddis Ababa University (AAU) This book brings together chapters based on condensed and revised of a few notable examples of theses (and a dissertation) that have a broad focus on child rights issues produced in different departments of AAU The chapters are based on collaborative efforts between the graduate students and their advisors and were reworked on the basis of comments from the editors The chapters deal with children's work on the street child marriage the wellbeing of children living with stepparents and child poverty Investigating the lived world of children the chapters demonstrate the complexities in translating global norms of child rights into locally situated realities The Center for Human Rights is an autonomous academic unit of Addis Ababa University It promotes empirically informed scholarship on human rights integrating theoretical and methodological approaches from various academic disciplines The Center also offers MA and PhD programs in the interdisciplinary study of human tights. ER -