“What other option did I have?” – The effect of conflict and displacement on child marriage and early childbearing among displaced Rohingya adolescents
Kate Mieth,
Tahia Hasan,
Adrija Chakrabarty
et al.
Abstract:Background. Humanitarian emergencies are postulated to increase rates of early marriage and early childbearing, as drivers of both are heightened or exacerbated in crisis settings. There is a critical need for research that explores the causal mechanisms that motivate family formation, i.e. the process from marriage into childbearing, and how this process is affected by conflict and displacement.
Objective. This paper aims to describe how displacement and living within a camp context has affected trends, norm… Show more
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