Marriage, development, and the status of women in Kerala, India

Author(s)
Chacko, Elizabeth
Editor(s)
Sweetman, Caroline
Publication date
2003-07-01
Subject
Gender
Keywords
Gender mainstreaming
Gender-based violence
Gender and Development Journal
GaD
Country
India

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Publisher(s)
Oxfam GB
Routledge
Journal
Gender & Development
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/10546/131519
DOI
10.1080/741954317
Document type
Journal article
Language
English
Description
This article explores the linkages between women's status and marriage in the southern Indian state of Kerala. Widely known as a progressive region, with high levels of social development despite poor economic growth, Kerala also fares exceptionally well in terms of standard indicators of female position. However, closer scrutiny of prevailing cultural mores, particularly in relation to marriage practices and family structure, reveals a less promising picture of entrenched inequality in relationships between women and men. Discriminatory inheritance rights, the widespread practice of dowry, and increasing violence against women all undermine women's status in Kerala. This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis. For the full table of contents for this and previous issues of this journal, please visit the <a href="http://www.genderanddevelopment.org">Gender and Development</a> website.
Pages
8
ISSN
1355-2074
EISSN
1364-9221
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