Women and marriage: Who makes the decision?  | VIEWS

With the government contemplating changing the legal age of marriage for women from 18 to 21, this topic is again under the lens – the need and rationale of legislation for an institution which is historically a social practice for making an economic unit to create bonds, control inheritance, share resources and labour.

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