Early Marriage in South Asia A DISCUSSION PAPER Contents INTRODUCTION 2 THE PREVALENCE OF EARLY MARRIAGE 3 CAUSES OF EARLY MARRIAGE 5 CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY MARRIAGE 8 RESPONSES TO EARLY MARRIAGE OF CHILDREN 16 Introduction Early marriage affects millions of children through the world. It is widely practiced in the countries of South Asia where every year millions of girls-preteens and teens- become the wives of older men. Young girls are married
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Practices[show] Abuse[show] v t e A dowry is the money‚ goods‚ or estate that a woman brings to a marriage.[1] (A dowry consisting mainly of linen and clothing‚ or the contents of a hope chest is called a trousseau.) Dowry contrasts with bride price‚ which is paid by the groom or his family to the bride ’s parents‚ and with dower‚ which is property given to the bride herself by the groom at the time of marriage. The same culture may simultaneously practice both dowry and bride price. Dowry is an ancient
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A SURVEY OF THE MARRIAGE AND BURIAL INSTITUTIONS AMONGST THE TIV OF CENTRAL NIGERIA BY ALFRED AKAWE TORKULA Being a dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of the degree of Doctor of Philosophy ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The inspiration for this research work came from the members of the Tiv Area Traditional Council – all starting point for my fascination with the subject of Tiv marriage and Brial Customs. My immense gratitude goes to all of them for their contributions
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Traditionally‚ marriage is the recognized union between a man and a woman that establishes rights and obligations between them. Although‚ the meaning of marriage varies. Hindu marriage is the joining of two individuals for life‚ so that they can pursue dharma (duty)‚ artha (possessions)‚ kama (physical desires)‚ and moksha (ultimate spiritual release) together. Catholic marriage is the pledge by which a man and a woman establish between themselves a partnership of the whole of life and which is ordered
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INNOCENTI DIGEST No.7 - March 2001 EARLY MARRIAGE CHILD SPOUSES s OVERVIEW s HOW COMMON IS EARLY MARRIAGE? s EARLY MARRIAGE: THE CAUSES AND CONTEXT s THE IMPACT OF EARLY MARRIAGE s TAKING ACTION s THE NEED FOR RESEARCH s IN CONCLUSION s LINKS s REFERENCES EARLY MARRIAGE w CONTENTS EDITORIAL OVERVIEW Neglect of the rights perspective Scope of the Digest HOW COMMON IS EARLY MARRIAGE? EARLY MARRIAGE: THE CAUSES AND CONTEXT Early marriage as a strategy for economic survival Protecting girls
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REPORT ON CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES OF EARLY MARRIAGE IN AMHARA REGION July 2006 Addis Ababa‚ Ethiopia Pathfinder International/Ethiopia Table of Contents Page LIST OF TABLES...........................................................................................................................................IV LIST OF FIGURES .......................................................................................................................................... V ACRONYMS FOREWARD .
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Trying desperately to stay in the race. At that moment I realized two things. One‚ that I had to make a decision now‚ and that hard work precedes triumph. During my summer leading up to cross country I had only one thing on my mind. Make my way to the Semi-State round‚ and make the most out of all my opportunities this season. My only job over the summer was to run‚ and it was a full time job. Up early in the morning in a race against the oppressive heat and humidity. Early enough to observe
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BUSINESS LAW PROJECT TOPIC: MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE Prepared BY: Sanjana shah(107) Sadhvi jaggi(111) Siddharth bagri(115) Souren bhulchandani(116) Simone contractor(117) Introduction In India there are different divorce laws for different religions and it is absolutely imperative to understand that all these religions have their own divorce laws in India which are used amongs themselves with separate laws for inter-cast or inter-religion marriages. The list of various divorce
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THE ATTITUDES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS TOWARD MARRIAGE THE ATTITUDES OF COLLEGE STUDENTS TOWARD MARRIAGE Begüm Naz Fidan Fulya Kübra Güneri Melda Çelik Seçkin Uğurcan Instructor: Serap Keleş Research Methods-II PSY2016 Abstract This study examined the attitudes of college students toward marriage with the aim of understanding the perception of different age cohort college students opinions about getting married and the term marriage itself. Data was collected from 121 Bahçeşehir
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The issue of gay marriage has been a long-standing issue that has plagued our society worldwide. With the same fire as ethnic equality issues brought during the civil rights movement‚ gay marriage has brought similar attitudes our of current generations. Opponents of gay marriage claim that it would destroy the foundation and meaning of traditional marriage and family and that it would lead to polygamy and a growth in sexually transmitted disease. I believe that gay marriage is a right that should
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