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Web LinksGeneral website about marriage, cross-culturallyPopulation Council: "Gender, Family, and Development Program"
http://www.popcouncil.org/gfd/gfd.html
The main website of the GFD program of the Population Council, it contains many full-texts articles and books on cross-cultural issues in gender, family, adolescence, marriage and reproduction. This includes the complete text of Sexual Coercion and Reproductive Health: A Focus on Research. Quote: "By way of definition, For the purposes of this report, sexual coercion is the act of forcing (or attempting to force) another individual through violence, threats, verbal insistence, deception, cultural expectations or economic circumstance to engage in sexual behavior against his or her will. As such it includes a wide range of behaviors from violent forcible rape to more contested areas such as cultural expectations that require young women to marry and sexually service men not of their choosing. The touchstone of coercion is an individual woman's lack of choice to pursue other options without severe social or physical consequences."Childhood, Youth, and the Female Life Cycle
http://iupjournals.org/jwh/jwh12-4.html
Full-text article: "Women's Life-Cycle Transitions in a World-Historical Perspective: Comparing Marriage in China and Europe," by Mary Jo Maynes and Ann Waltner. From the Journal of Women's History Volume 12, Number 4.Specific website abouts the Mosuo and other specific groups or regions of the worldThe Mosuo as a Living Matriarchal Society
http://www.promatriarchy.net/essentials/mosuo.html
An article on the Mosuo from Promatriarchy.net, originally published in the Winter 1998 issue of ReVision, vol. 20, 110. 3. Pay careful attention to the way they define matriarchy. Just because a society is matrilineal and matrilocal, does that make it matrilineal?The Lugu Lake and Mosuo Culture
http://www.toptrip.cc/destination/spot/yn_lijiang_lugulake.htm
A Chinese tourist website about visiting the Mosuo.Travel China Guide -- Lijiang
http://www.travelchinaguide.com/picture/yunnan/lijiang/index.htm
Another Chinese tourist website with many photographs of the Mosuo and their region. See particularly #136-144 out of the total of 150 pictures from the region.South Asian Women's Network: Weddings
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/users/sawweb/sawnet/wedding.html
Lots of information about marriage and weddings in South Asia, and among South Asians who now live in other parts of the world.Somnath and Mona's wedding website
http://www.somnathmona.com/
This site is a wonderful example of how a new technology (the Internet), can be used to perpetuate traditional rituals and cultural beliefs and practices. Quote: "Welcome to our home on the web. We have created this site for all of our family and friends to learn more about us, our families and our Indian traditional wedding and reception in Durham, NC on February 22, 2003 and our trip to India for our reception in Kolkata, India on March 15, 2003. Since we last launched the site, I have been updating the site with content and photographs of so many memorable events till now. We also thought that this would be an effective way to reach all of you who are spread out throughout the United States and abroad to share our new life and happiness with all of you.British High Commission Website on Forced Marriages
http://www.britainonline.org.pk/highcomm/consular/marriages.htm
Information for British nationals who find themselves being forced into marriage while on trips back to their parents' or grandparents' countries of origin. A guide to what sorts of services and support the British Consulate can provide.Amanitare: African Partnership for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights of Women and Girls
http://www.amanitare.org/home2.html
Quote: "AMANITARE evolved from the need for a coordinated Pan-African effort to consolidate the skills, knowledge and institutional resources of groups and individuals active in the field of sexual and reproductive health, gender equality, and women's rights.
AMANITARE is a ten-year initiative (1999-2009) with a mandate derived from the outcomes of The World Conference on Human Rights (Vienna 1993), The International Conference on Population and Development (Cairo 1994), and The Fifth World Conference on Women (Beijing 1995). In the course of these conferences declarations were drawn by national governments emphasizing the importance of a wide range of women's sexual and reproductive health and rights for overall social development. All forms of gender-based violence and violations were deemed unacceptable.New Ritual Replaces Female Genital Mutilation
http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1284
Women's enews article by Fredrick Nzwili, WeNews correspondent. Quote: "Female genital mutilation rites are beginning to be replaced by an alternative rite of passage in Kenya known as "Cutting Through Words." The new ritual includes a week of seclusion and lessons on adult life."Papers on Tibetan Marriage and Polyandry
http://www.cwru.edu/affil/tibet/polyandry.html
Center for Research on Tibet at Case Western Reserve University. Links to articles by anthropologists Cynthia M. Beall & Melvyn C. Goldstein, and J.L. Ross.Christian Polygamy Info:
http://www.christianpolygamy.info
Quote: "The definitive resource for general information about Christian polygamy." This is a modern, US-based, evangelical conservative Christian movement. |
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