Eradicating Child Marriage in the Commonwealth: Is Investment in Girls’ Education Sufficient?

Amin, Sajeda; Asadullah, M. Niaz; Hossain, Sara; Wahhaj, Zaki

doi:10.1080/00358533.2017.1299461

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“…Acknowledging the above vulnerabilities, government has worked to keep girls in school and thus delay early marriage by making education free (Amin, Asadullah, Hossain, & Wahhaj, 2017). However, given that dowry payment increases with age (Amin & Huq, 2008), and marrying off girls is considered a key parental responsibility, some parents put off marriage only to be able to accumulate dowry payment or find an eligible suitor (Del Franco, 2010).…”

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“…Thus, despite the government's investment in free education, this has not automatically translated into gender equality in families. Education is necessary; however, what girls get is insufficient to raise their status and stop child marriage (Amin et al, 2017).…”

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“…The protective effect of higher education gets attenuated for both younger age and poor women. Therefore, investing in education is absolutely necessary but not enough (Amin et al, 2017).…”

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Currently married women’s present experiences of male intimate partner physical violence in Bangladesh: An intercategorical intersectional approach

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In Bangladesh, one in five currently married women (CMW) presently experience male intimate partner physical violence (MIPPV). While previous studies analysed women's individual-level multiple locationsyounger age, lower education, income, and poverty in an additive manner, we took an intersectional approach to look at the effects of their multiple intersectional locations on MIPPV. Using McCall's intercategorical intersectional approach, we examine how women's intersectional locations are associated with their odds of experiencing MIPPV. Our sample from a 2015 nationally representative survey comprised 14,557 CMW living with their spouses. Thirty-four percent of CMW are young, 49% below primary educated, 19% income earning, 23% poor, and 25% experience MIPPV. We found that CMW in their dual disadvantaged younger age-lower education and single disadvantaged higher educationpoor locations have 13.57% (95% CI, 9.25, 17.89) and 12.02% (95% CI, 6.87, 17.17) (respectively) higher probabilities of experiencing MIPPV than their counterparts in the corresponding dual privileged older age-higher education and higher education-nonpoor locations. Consistent with intersectionality theory, instead of prioritising a few groups over others (i.e. Oppression Olympics), we recommend building intersectional solidarity with women, men and communities to disrupt the underlying socio-economic-educational-legal-political structures and processes that have sustained these marginalised locations. ARTICLE HISTORY

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“…Such a bias need not itself be deeply rooted in cultural norms and could decline with economic advancement and better schooling opportunities. As we have seen in the literature on age at marriage, cultural norms around marriage are more deep-rooted and do not fade with economic betterment (Amin et al, 2017). In our own study, we have attempted to control for biases induced by poverty by considering a subsample of the wealthier half of households in terms of wealth; our results continue to hold.…”

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“…Evidence from such studies has led many policymakers to support the provision of incentives for parents to increase their daughters' school attainment as an important weapon in the fight against child marriage. Amin, Asadullah, Hossain, and Wahhaj (2017), however, challenge this in a recent policy brief. They point out that despite significant gains in increasing female schooling via targeted incentives, Bangladesh has not substantially reduced child marriage.…”

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Age at marriage, social norms, and female education in Nepal

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Montes‐Rojas

2020

Review Development Economics

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We study the impact of age at marriage on female education. We hypothesize that in cultures where women marry young, parents discount the pecuniary benefits of educating girls; the earlier the anticipated age at marriage the greater this discount. We empirically test this effect using household data from Nepal. We control for potential endogeneity of age at marriage by exploiting variations in cultural norms regarding dowry and differences in the average age of female marriage among ethnicities and regions as instrumental variables. The econometric results support the hypothesis that female education is negatively affected by cultural norms that favor early marriage.

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An Exploration of Social Norms That Restrict Girls’ Sexuality and Facilitate Child Marriage in Bangladesh to Inform Policies and Programs

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Kalra

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Eradicating Child Marriage in the Commonwealth: Is Investment in Girls’ Education Sufficient?

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Currently married women’s present experiences of male intimate partner physical violence in Bangladesh: An intercategorical intersectional approach

Currently married women’s present experiences of male intimate partner physical violence in Bangladesh: An intercategorical intersectional approach

Age at marriage, social norms, and female education in Nepal

An Exploration of Social Norms That Restrict Girls’ Sexuality and Facilitate Child Marriage in Bangladesh to Inform Policies and Programs

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