Essays about: "Dowry"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word Dowry.

1. 1. Barriers to education among Dalit girls: accessibility of educational opportunities in Nepal

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Social Studies of Gender

   Author : Neeti Pradhan; [2021]
   Keywords : Dalit; Inequality; Poverty; Education; Barrier; Socio-cultural norms; Discrimination; caste system; awareness; household; self-internalization; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Unequal access to education still remains a major problem especially in developing countries such as Nepal. The caste system in Nepal creates a hierarchy of social groups which has resulted in unequal power distribution and unequal access to resources. READ MORE

3. 2. Framtidsutsikter för pastoralism på Kenyanska betesmarker

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

   Author : Zebastian Cederblad; [2019]
   Keywords : Kenya; ; kenyanska betesmarker; pastoralism; zebu; boskap; landfragmentering; klimatförändringar;

   Abstract : Pastoralism är ett system där majoriteten av en individs inkomst och mat kommer från boskapsdjur. Boskapsdjurens huvudsakliga matkälla är naturligt växande bete. Pastoralism kan delas in i tre huvudtyper; nomadisk, transhuman och stillasittande. I Kenya finns variationer av alla tre. READ MORE

4. 3. Culture in motion : Material culture in the inventory of Catherine Jagiellon’s dowry from 1562 and its analysis from culture transfer perspective

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Konstvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Urszula Frick; [2019]
   Keywords : Catherine Jagiellon; Poland; Sweden; inventory; dowry; renaissance; material culture; culture transfer; culture hybridization;

   Abstract : On the 4th of October 1562, the Polish princess Catherine Jagiellon married the Swedish prince and duke of Finland Johan Vasa. Leaving Poland, Catherine Jagiellon was equipped with a very rich dowry and followed by an entourage of nearly 50 people. READ MORE

5. 4. Ending the practice of child marriages in Nepal: viewpoints and suggestions from children’s rights activists

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Suman Baral; [2019]
   Keywords : Child marriage; Dowry; Children’s rights; Enforcement of laws; Prevention measures; Child love marriage; Arrange marriage; Poverty; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The thesis aimed to answer the research question: ‘What are the possible interventions measures to prevent child marriages in Nepal?’ by analyzing six in-depth semi structured interviews of people working for children’s rights. The earlier studies of child marriages and discussions of children and human rights has been used to analyse the data. READ MORE

6. 5. Adolescent Marriage and Rainfall The Effect of Climate Change in Nepal and Uganda

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : EMMA DOLDERER; LINNÉA FRID; [2018-07-02]
   Keywords : Adolescent marriage; dowry; bride price; climate change; rainfall; Nepal; Uganda;

   Abstract : This paper studies the relationship between the amount of rainfall and the probability of adolescent marriage in two countries where marriage payments are prevalent: dowry in Nepal and bride price in Uganda. Dowry is a marital payment from the bride’s family to the groom, whereas bride price is the transfer from the groom to the bride’s family. READ MORE