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Gender, Development, and Marriage
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2003-01-01
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105
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Marriage is now acknowledged as an institution of key relevance to development policy, practice, and research. The vast majority of women and men get married at least once, and in many places life outside marriage is almost impossible for either sex to contemplate. Yet marriage as experienced by men is very different from marriage for women. This is because marriage is, in all male-dominated societies, an institution imbued with inequality, in which husbands and fathers rule the roost. Many cultures and legal systems still permit the control and punishment of 'unruly' wives, through violence ranging from genital mutilation to domestic beatings. Within marriage there exist clear roles for women and men to perform, as they create and maintain a family. The conventional assumption that these roles are natural and divinely ordained determines the inequality that prevails between men and women. I t also helps to set the terms on which women participate in wider society, and colours perceptions of the political and economic contribution that they make.
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Editorial; Early female marriage in the developing world; Rethinking culture and development: marriage and gender among the tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka; Negotiating violence and non-violence in Cambodian marriages; Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues; Marriage, development, and the status of women in Kerala, India; Child support as a strategic interest: la Asociacidn de Madres Demandantes of El Salvador; Early marriage in eastern Nigeria and the health consequences of vesico-vaginal fistulae (VVF) among young mothers; Marriage, well-being, and agency among women; Rethinking marriage and gender relations using evidence from the Pacific; Resources
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Oxfam Focus on Gender
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978-0-85598-504-2