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A Reproductive Justice Approach to Understanding Yoruba Women’s Experiences with Early Marriage and Bride Price in Nigeria

Creator:

Oladejo, Odunola D.

Abstract:

The cultural and social constructions of gender and sexuality play a major role in shaping an individual’s reproductive agency within the Yoruba society. This thesis suggests the need to apply a reproductive justice framework and transnational feminist theory as alternatives to individual-driven ‘choice’ and reproductive and sexual human rights. In...

Resource Type:

Masters Thesis

Full Text:

; from the groom’s family to the bride’s family (Anderson, 2007; Ashraf, Bau, Nunn, & Voena, 2020