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

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

Includes bibliographical references.

Open access.

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Marriage--Developing countries.
Married women--Legal status, laws, etc.--Developing countries.
Women in development--Developing Countries.
Women rights--Developing countries.
Sex role--Developing countries.
Married women--Developing countries--Social conditions.