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| Title: | Family violence in Addis Ababa: challenges of reconciling culture and human rights in Ethiopia |
| Author: | Wondimu, Habtamu |
| Year: | 2005 |
| Periodical: | Ethiopian Journal of the Social Sciences and Humanities (ISSN 1810-4487) |
| Volume: | 3 |
| Issue: | 2 |
| Period: | December |
| Pages: | 27-49 |
| Language: | English |
| Notes: | biblio. refs. |
| Geographic terms: | Ethiopia Northeast Africa |
| Subjects: | domestic violence assault and battery urban households urbanization Cultural Roles Marital Relations and Nuptiality Law, Legal Issues, and Human Rights Family Life sociology Family violence culture human rights |
| External link: | https://www.ajol.info/index.php/ejossah/article/view/29876 |
| Abstract: | Wife beating and child corporal punishment are major forms of domestic violence in Ethiopia. This article, which is based on data collected from 56 male and female family heads in Lideta and Shiro Meda areas in Addis Ababa, focuses on wife beating. It investigates the main causes of family conflict, factors that precipitate domestic violence and in particular wife battering, and the actions spouses take when partners are at fault. The findings indicate that the main causes of family conflicts are poor living conditions, poor management of family income, jealousy and mistrust, husbands coming home drunk, and poor communication. The reasons listed for beating wives include suspicion of adultery, husbands' drunkenness, jealousy, husbands' desire to show dominance, misunderstandings, and the claim of culturally accepted ways of disciplining. The main actions taken by the wives when their husbands are at fault are calling on elders/relatives, discussing the problems, leaving the home, and tolerating the problem. The article suggests measures to reduce domestic violence and increase the respect for human rights within the family. Bibliogr., sum. [Journal abstract, edited] |