socio-legal and human rights dimensions
- Categories
- Book/Boek
- Creator
- Sagade, Jaya
- Publish Year
- 2005
- Shelfmark
- V IND 32 2005
- Thesaurus
- kinderen, gearrangeerde huwelijken, leeftijd, mensenrechten, internationaal, Vrouwenverdrag, India
- Description
- Despite the existence, since 1929, of legislation banning it, child marrriage continues to be a social reality today in India. Using the methodology of feminist legal analysis, this book makes a contribution to the scholarship on child marriage. It examines domestic law in the context of international human rights law, and shows how this custom violates every human right to which a child is entitled, including the right to health, education, equality, liberty, and security of person, and of course, the right to make a free and informed choice of a spouse. The role of civil society in challenging the status quo is also highlighted.