It is a fluid area of scholarship," she says, "and having tons of statistics wouldn't necessarily help you because it doesn't create a space for discussion. My War at Home By Masuda Sultan, February Sultan's memoir is the true story of an Afghan-American woman's conflict between two cultures after fleeing an arranged marriage at the age of 16 to a man twice her age.
Arranged Marriage: Stories By Chitra Divakaruna, May This collection of 11 stories provides insight into how different women have learned -- for better or worse -- from their arranged marriages. The stories cover the experiences of Indian women who live in both India and the United States.
East Is East Directed by Damian O'Donnell and written by Ayub Khan-Din, , United Kingdom This comedy about two Pakistani-English brothers reveals how the tradition of arranged marriage plays out for a younger generation caught between its English reality and its Pakistani heritage.
The part series explores the family through its gender relations, religion and drug addiction as well as the ethical problems facing the new generation of Pakistanis -- both those who have traveled abroad and those who have stayed in Pakistan. Statistics Division, Government of Pakistan The Pakistan government Web site provides census information on population, housing and agriculture as well as other demographic data.
Pallavi -- not her real name -- said this modern approach to an arranged marriage worked well for her. She spent six months getting to know her husband, who was introduced by a family friend. We clicked and decided to go ahead with it. On the same day, both sides said yes," Pallavi said. She wasn't under any pressure to get married and could have broken off the engagement at any time. It was up to me to get married or not," she said. A bride and a groom pose for a photograph ahead of a mass wedding ceremony in Surat in December, The evolution of arranged marriages.
In a country as vast and diverse as India, experiences of finding love range from the staunchly traditional to modern romance. But broad trends are emerging that suggest times are changing. In the past 30 years, the average age for a woman to marry has risen from There are differences based on where women live.
For example, in rural regions the average age of marriage was Women's participation in the labor force also fell over roughly the same period -- between , the labor force participation rate of urban women aged from 15 to 19 was per 1,, according to government data. Less than a decade later, that figure had dropped to 89 per 1, There are different theories for that, including a weaker job market.
But one of the reasons is that more Indian women are staying in education for longer. Some are then going onto university and gaining degrees, which gives them more options beyond getting married. Young Indian couples are now meeting online and spending more time getting to know each other before getting married. Women have more control of their own lives," according to Nisha Khanna, a New Delhi-based psychologist and marriage counselor.
Women are becoming more assertive, whether it's in terms of needs of physical intimacy or financial matters. They're becoming more outspoken, they're becoming more equal," she said. Maybe never. Mira, the young New Delhi lawyer, is not sure if she'll ever marry. She says her perspective on marriage -- and life more broadly -- changed when she left home for the city, where she met people from different backgrounds and castes.
Mira's family is from Amritsar, a small city in the northern state of Punjab. An arranged marriage is not the exact same thing as a forced marriage. In an arranged marriage, either the husband or wife or their families have some level of choice in whom they choose to marry and whether they accept or decline marriage offers.
Even in , forced marriages are still being done in communities in South Asia and Africa. This includes child marriages, some of which are done by families selling their children off to the highest bidder. On average, arranged marriages around the world have a divorce rate of a mere 6.
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