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Causes and motives of early marriage in the Gambia and Tanzania : is new legislation enough?

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Jouhki, Jukka |
Stark, Laura
Date
2017

 
Both The Gambia and Tanzania have high rates of under-18 marriage for girls and both also raised the legal age of marriage for girls to 18 in 2016. This ethnographic study of the urban Muslim poor in Tanzania and The Gambia explores the causes behind and meanings of early marriage in these countries and discusses the likelihood of the recent legislative changes to have effect on actual practice among the poor in the towns and cities of these countries.
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University of Jyväskylä
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978-951-39-7225-7
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2489-5989
Keywords
adolescence early marriage gender legislation The Gambia Tanzania lapsiavioliitto nuoruus sukupuoli lainsäädäntö Gambia Tansania
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