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Gender, development and marriage / edited by Caroline Sweetman. - Oxford : Oxfam GB, c2003. - 102 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. - Oxfam focus on gender .

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Includes bibliographical references.

Editorial / Early female marriage in the developing world / Rethinking culture and development: marriage and gender among the tea plantation workers in Sri Lanka / Negotiating violence and non-violence in Cambodian marriages / Early marriage and poverty: exploring links and key policy issues / Marriage, development, and the status of women in Kerala, India / Child support as a strategic interest: la Asociación de Madres Demandantes of El Salvador / Early marriage in eastern Nigeria and the health consequences of vesico-vaginal fistulae (VVF) among young mothers / Marriage, well-being, and agency among women / Rethinking marriage and gender relations using evidence from the Pacific / Caroline Sweetman -- Robert Jensen, Rebecca Thornton -- Amali Philips -- Rebecca Surtees -- Naana Otoo-Oyortey, Sonita Pobi -- Elizabeth Chacko -- Kelley Ready -- Eno-Obong Akpan -- Meenakshi Thapan -- Nancy J. Pollock

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ISBN: 0855985046 9780855985042

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LCCN: 2004271674

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA3-66409

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Marriage--Developing countries.
Married women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Developing countries.
Married women--Social conditions.--Developing countries
Women in development--Developing countries.
Women's rights--Developing countries.
Sex role--Developing countries.

LC Class. No.: HQ727.9 / .GEN 2003