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dc.contributor.authorAhsan, Sairana
dc.contributor.authorKarim, Shuchi
dc.contributor.authorBiswas, Subas
dc.contributor.authorRashid, Sabina Faiz
dc.date.accessioned2022-07-25T04:29:21Z
dc.date.available2022-07-25T04:29:21Z
dc.date.copyright2021
dc.date.issued2021-04
dc.identifier.citationAhsan, S., Karim, S., Biswas, S., & Rashid, S. F. (2020). Knotted realities: Understanding what delays early and child marriage for girls in urban slums of Bangladesh. Journal of Bangladesh Studies, 22(2), 50–63. Retrieved from https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350813846_Knotted_Realities_Understanding_What_Delays_Early_and_Child_Marriage_for_Girls_in_Urban_Slums_of_Bangladeshen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10361/17034
dc.descriptionThis article was published in the Journal of Bangladesh Studies by BDI.The Journal's website is at: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/350813846_Knotted_Realities_Understanding_What_Delays_Early_and_Child_Marriage_for_Girls_in_Urban_Slums_of_Bangladeshen_US
dc.description.abstractBangladesh has the fourth-highest prevalence of early and child marriage in the world. This trend has declined slightly over the years, but there is a dearth of research regarding underlying reasons. This article explores the phenomenon of delayed marriage for women in the context of understudied urban slums, and seeks to understand both why it happens and its consequences. The article uses data from 14 in-depth interviews (IDI) of girls who delayed their marriage beyond their 18th year, and two focus group discussions (FGD) with adolescent girls and young women aged between 13-24 years from a larger mixed-methods study conducted in two slums of the cities of Dhaka and Chattogram. Findings reveal that the key reasons for delaying marriage are poverty, inability to pay dowry for girls perceived as older, and the pressing obligations faced by young girls in having to take care of their families. It was also found that positive family support, mostly among better-off families, allows some girls pursue education rather than be married off at an early age. Link to journal: https://www.bdiusa.org/journal-bangladesh-studiesen_US
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherBangladesh Development Initiativeen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://www.researchgate.net/publication/350813846_Knotted_Realities_Understanding_What_Delays_Early_and_Child_Marriage_for_Girls_in_Urban_Slums_of_Bangladesh
dc.subjectChild Marriageen_US
dc.subjectDelayed Marriageen_US
dc.subjectSexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR)en_US
dc.titleKnotted realities: Understanding what delays early and child marriage for girls in urban slums of Bangladeshen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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dc.contributor.departmentBrac James P. Grant School of Public Health
dc.relation.journalJournal of Bangladesh Studies


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