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Navigating towards a ‘Good future’: Significance of appearance in aspirations of Dhaka urban middle-class girls
(Berghahn Books, 2020)Against the backdrop of rapid urbanisation, appearance has become the core of Dhaka middle-class girl's understanding of who they are and who they want to be. This chapter investigates significance of appearance among ... -
Heard and Hard Reality of Maternal Health: Are We Oversimplifying the Challenges in Bangladesh?
(World Scientific, 2020)Maternal health largely reflects women’s status in a society (Shen and Williamson 1999, 210–211). It is a domain that explicates women’s basic access and rights to economic livelihood, education, healthcare, nutrition, ... -
Early Marriage among Adolescent Boys and Young Men in Urban Informal Settlements of Bangladesh
(Young Lives, 2020)Early marriage continues to be a major public health concern and a violation of child rights, particularly in developing countries.1 Girls are disproportionately more likely to marry before the age of 18 compared to ... -
The Heterogeneous Lives of Adolescent Girls and Young Women in Urban Slums in Bangladesh
(Young Lives, 2020)Child marriage is defined as any marriage taking place before the age of 18 years (UNICEF 2018). Around 720 million women worldwide were married before they were 18 years old (UNICEF 2014), of which almost 50% were in ... -
Binary Framing of Consent and Coercion of Child Marriage: A Critique
(Young Lives, 2020)The rhetoric around child marriage continues to be framed in binary terms, with the difference between ‘arranged’ and ‘love’ marriages hinging on the concept of consent.1 The context in which consent is constructed, ...
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