Gender, Development, and Marriage

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

ISBN 0855985046   Volumes 1 ISBN13 9780855985042 (What's this?)   Weight (grammes) 263 Publisher Oxfam Publishing   Published in Oxford Imprint Oxfam Professional   Series editor Sweetman, Caroline, Masika, Rachel Format Paperback   Series ISSN 0968-286 Publication date 01 Nov 2003   Series title Oxfam Focus on Gender Library of Congress KD758   Height (mm) 246 DEWEY 305.489655091724   Width (mm) 189 DEWEY edition DC21   Spine width (mm) 8 Pages 102   Academic level Postgraduate, Professional / Scholarly, Undergraduate

		Editorial by Caroline Sweetman		2
		Early female marriage in the developing world by Robert Jensen and Rebecca Thornton		9
		Rethinking culture and development: marriage and gender among the tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka by Amali Philips		20
		Negotiating violence and non-violence in Cambodian marriages by Rebecca Surtees		30
		Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues by Naana Otoo-Oyortey and Sonita Pobi		42
		Marriage, development, and the status of women in Kerala, India by Elizabeth Chacko		52
		Child support as a strategic interest: la Asociacion de Madres Demandantes of El Salvador by Kelly Ready		60
		Early marriage in eastern Nigeria and the health consequences of vesico-vaginal fistulae (VVF) among young mothers by Eno-Obong Akpan		70
		Marriage, well-being and agency among women by Meenakshi Thapan		77
		Rethinking marriage and gender relations using evidence from the Pacific by Nancy J. Pollock		85
		Resources by Evans, Ruth		91
		Book Review		91
		Publications		93
		Papers and electronic resources		96
		Training manuals and tools kits		99
		Organisations		100
		Websites		101
		Videos		102

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