Browsing Tag: Marriage

Is Scarcity Making Women More Valuable?

When something is in short supply, common sense suggests that it should become more valuable. This intuition is borne out in the market for goods and services as well as the labor market. But could this logic also apply to women?
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Religion may be out of marriage certificates soon

Following demands by various minority groups, particularly Sikhs, to change the law on registration of marriages, which shows them as Hindus, the government is finalising a proposal to offer the option of issuing registration certificates without mentioning the religion.
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A momentous year ~ Life and Style - Waikato/NZ

Each year the Waikato Times tells stories of people's lives, their issues and opportunities. As 2011 signs off, Denise Irvine revisits some of our newsmakers to check on progress.
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Scotland confronts forced marriage

The dark practice of forced marriage, a 21st century anachronism that is prevalent in Britain among mainly Pakistanis and Bangladeshis, has just been thrown its stiffest challenge yet. The provincial government of Scotland has enacted what must rank among the strongest anti-forced marriage laws in the world.
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I Am No Ann Landers: Or, How To Cope With Inter-Faith Marriage

"Please advise and help … relating to young Sikh kids marrying kids from other cultures, religions and races, and how it is affecting their parents. I am also affected by it and I don’t know a way out."
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"Wife-sharing" haunts Indian villages as number of girls declines

"We need to provide them with access to education, healthcare and opportunities which will help them make decisions for themselves and stand up to those who seek to abuse or exploit them."
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G(irls) 20 Summit aims to give voice to 10 million child brides

When the second annual G(irls)20 Summit got under way Tuesday, each of the 21 delegates stood up and finished the sentence “I am here because …” Answers ranged from acting as a voice for women around the world to questioning the lack of women working in science.
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Divorce remains sticking point in Hindu Marriage Act

The government and the Hindu community were unable to break their deadlock over the divorce clause in the Hindu Marriage Act. The clause has proved contentious since the bill was drafted in 2008, with the government defying Hindu leaders who believe divorce is not part of their religion’s culture.
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Our love was color blind... but our families weren't

I actually think it is much more important that they are good people, rather than if they are Sikh or Christian. There are far too many problems in the world caused by people who are overly religious.
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Marry—or Else

Forced weddings and ‘honor’ killings aren’t just a developing-world issue. New research shows how it happens in England and the United States.
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