Essays about: "Helen Backlund"

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  1. 1. Protecting the Girl Child or Upholding Patriarchy? A Case Study of Child Marriage in the Cultural and Legal Context of Tanzania

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUMID International Master programme in applied International Development and Management

    Author : Gabriella Blomqvist; Helen Backlund; [2014]
    Keywords : children’s sexuality; patriarchy; human rights; notions of childhood; social constructions of gender; girls; girl child; Tanzania; child marriage; law enactment; access to justice; participation; accountability mechanisms; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This is a case study of child marriage in Tanzania aiming to explore how failures to implement laws prohibiting child marriage can be understood in the Tanzanian context. The study is of a qualitative nature and primarily based on interviews with development actors, working on community and national level with the issue of gender based violence and child marriage. READ MORE