The Case of the Missing Girl

The study uses Ethnodrama to address sex-selective abortion in Armenia. Ethnodrama uses an ethnographic method of data collection then presents the findings as a dramatic script or performance. The urgency and the sensitivity of the topic informed the choice of using Ethnodrama over conventional research methodologies. The study gathered data from three primary sources: government databases international organizations working with non-governmental organizations and ethnographic fieldwork. The fieldwork consisted of taking notes on daily observations during classroom activities a personal journal on conversations and interaction with community members stories from community members informal questions and answers sessions and a small ethnographic survey. The information gathered from these three sources is used to write a play The Case of the Missing Girls using composite characters based on the participants in the research.