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Gender, Development, and Marriage (Paperback)
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Gender, Development, and Marriage (Paperback)
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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 experienced by men is very different from
marriage for women. This is because marriage is, in all
male-dominated societies, an institution imbues 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. It
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. The collection of articles traces the
economic and social impact of inequality in marriage on women, men,
and wider society, and considers its implications for development.
Topics include child marriage; the link between women's economic
contribution and equality within marriage; NGO responses to
domestic violence; and the need to understand particular forms of
marriage as prerequisite for appropriate development policy
General
Imprint: |
Oxfam
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Country of origin: |
United Kingdom |
Release date: |
December 2003 |
First published: |
September 2003 |
Authors: |
Caroline Sweetman
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Dimensions: |
246 x 189 x 7mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
102 |
ISBN-13: |
978-0-85598-504-2 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
0-85598-504-6 |
Barcode: |
9780855985042 |
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