Forced Marriage and Health

Forced Marriage and Birth Outcomes.

We study the impact of marriages resulting from bride kidnapping on infant birth weight. Bride kidnapping-a form of forced marriage-implies that women are abducted by men and have little choice other than to marry their kidnappers. Given this lack of choice over the spouse, we expect adverse consequences for women in such marriages. Remarkable survey data from the Central Asian nation of Kyrgyz...

Determinants of child and forced marriage in Morocco: stakeholder perspectives on health, policies and human rights

BACKGROUND In Morocco, the social and legal framework surrounding sexual and reproductive health has transformed greatly in the past decade, especially with the introduction of the new Family Law or Moudawana. Yet, despite raising the minimum age of marriage for girls and stipulating equal rights in the family, child and forced marriage is widespread. The objective of this research study was to...

Marriage, Health, and Immune Function

Stop Forced Child Marriage: A Comparative Global Law Analysis

Millions of girls are forcibly married during the transitional period between puberty and adulthood. At a stage of vulnerability cultural practices, religious rights and social standards place her in a position where she is catapult into womanhood. An advocate against forced child marriage could argue that child rights, cultural rights, religious rights, right to marry, right to life, right to ...

Economics and public health: an arranged marriage.

Economists are often defined as people who know the price of everything, and the value of nothing. After reading ‘Economics and public health: Engaged to be happily married!’ (Werner Brouwer et al.) one might want to add that economics is not a good training for marriage consultancy. Where WB et al. see marital bliss, I see the relationship between public health and economics more like an arran...