Double Marriages in Botswana: Possibilities Implications and Comparative Perspectives

Understanding Early Pregnancies: Sociocultural Factors of Teenage Childbearing in Gaborone, Botswana

“…A brief outline of the dynamics of what is known in the literature as "customary marriage" vis-à-vis "registered marriages" is in place here. Traditional Tswana marriages are a process that follows a series of negotiations and rituals in which families of the betrothed couple exchange gifts and resources over a long period (Griffiths, 1997;Jobeta & Nwauche, 2015). Within such an ongoing, prolonged process, there is no distinctive event or ceremony that transforms the couple from a "not-married" status to a clearly defined category of "married" (Helle-Valle, 2003).…”

“…The payment of bogadi (bride price) legitimates marriage (Schapera, 1978;van Dijk, 2017) and is still widely practiced in urban and rural Botswana. Recent research shows that most couples continue to follow the long process of customary marriage practices and tend to register their marriage with the CNR only years after their social bond was forged, often after the birth of at least one or more children (Griffiths, 1997;Jobeta & Nwauche, 2015). Although such marriages are under-documented, unions conducted under customary law are valid within Botswana (Otlhogile, 1989).…”

Indigenous Marital Therapy: A Case of Botswana

“…Marriages could be arranged or forced as ukuthwala in the Eastern cape of South Africa (Rice, 2014) or the marriage could be a contractual agreement between consenting partners such as in Egypt, Morocco, and Tunisia (Assaad & Krafft, 2015). Marriage can also be customary or civil as is the case in Botswana (Jobeta & Nwauche, 2015). This implies that the traditional kind of marriage or marriage sanctioned by courts of law are both legal.…”

Child support policy in middle- and low-income countries: current approaches and policy dilemmas

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