Watta Satta : Bride Exchange And Women's Welfare In Rural Pakistan

Watta Satta : Bride Exchange And Women's Welfare In Rural Pakistan / Jacoby, Hanan G

In a setting where husbands wield considerable coercive power, forms of marriage should adapt to protect the interests of women and their families. The authors study the pervasive marriage custom of watta satta in rural Pakistan, a bride exchange between families coupled with a mutual threat of reta...

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Hauptverfasser:Jacoby, Hanan
Weitere Verfasser:Mansuri, Ghazala
Format: Online-Resource
Sprache:Englisch
Veröffentlicht:Washington, D.C : The World Bank, 2007
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Recht
Anthropology
Child
Culture & Development
Divorce
Domestic Abuse
Domestic Violence
Families
Family
Female
Gender
Gender and Law
Health, Nutrition and Population
Home
Husband
Husbands
Law
Law and Development
Laws
Marriage
Marriages
Population Policies
Population and Development
Residence
Social Development
Social Inclusion and Institutions
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