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Abstract：
This study examined women\'s unrecognized roles in facilitating socio-economic interactions and clan networks in a patriarchal society. A qualitative research methodology was chosen. Situational observations, key interviews, and group discussions were applied as data-gathering tools. A thematic descriptive analysis method was used to examine the data that had been gathered. Accordingly, the study found that women are not participating in leading customary institutions and publicly due to the traditional patriarchal domination. However, the customary law shields women from various presumptions. It has been noted women\'s participation in maintaining social order, economic reciprocity, and resource sharing. Most importantly, women\'s continual control of household responsibilities and income-generating activities is essential to Afar society\'s survival. The study recommends that multifaceted interventions should be made to maintain women\'s role in supporting their traditional methods of engaging in maintaining clan networks. An intervention should mostly be better focused on women\'s activities as it will help to explore additional mechanisms that uplift either women by themselves or by the initial intervention system. Therefore, the study recommends incorporating pastoral women\'s roles into more extensive women\'s enclave empowerment policies and removing the existing sociocultural limitations to allow them to contribute more to pastoral livelihoods.
摘要：
这项研究考察了女性在父权制社会中促进社会经济互动和氏族网络的未被认可的角色。选择了定性研究方法。情境观察,关键面试,小组讨论被用作数据收集工具。使用主题描述性分析方法来检查已收集的数据。因此，研究发现，由于传统的父权制统治，妇女没有参与主要的习俗机构和公开活动。然而,习惯法保护妇女不受各种假设的影响。人们注意到妇女参与维护社会秩序，经济互惠,和资源共享。最重要的是,妇女对家庭责任和创收活动的持续控制对阿法尔社会的生存至关重要。该研究建议，应采取多方面的干预措施，以维持妇女在支持其传统方法参与维护氏族网络方面的作用。干预措施应主要集中在妇女的活动上，因为这将有助于探索其他机制，使妇女自己或最初的干预系统得到提升。因此,该研究建议将牧区妇女的角色纳入更广泛的妇女飞地赋权政策，并消除现有的社会文化限制，使她们能够为牧区生计做出更多贡献。
