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Love, Labour and Law - Early and Child Marriage in India (Hardcover)
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Love, Labour and Law - Early and Child Marriage in India (Hardcover)
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Love, Labour and Law: Early and Child Marriage in India is a
path-breaking book on an issue that has not been analysed in depth
for a while, perhaps since it does not affect the elite. Today, the
child brides are usually from poor families. They are of 15-17
years as compared to much younger brides in the earlier times. The
book discusses why child marriages persist despite numerous
legislative and policy initiatives to 'eliminate' the practice. The
chapters examine social and legal reforms to raise the age of
marriage; contemporary education and health-related policy attempts
at prevention; relationship of child marriage with child labour,
sex work, human trafficking and other issues. Increasingly, there
is greater resistance to marriages arranged by parents from the
'child' brides themselves who can now access institutional and
bureaucratic support. How hopeful are these developments? The book
goes beyond a simple policy focus on 'elimination' and provides a
much-needed understanding of marriage and women's agency within the
context of the Indian marriage system.
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