Kyrgyzstan: Child Brides
Kyrgyzstan: Child Brides
Author(s): Hamid Toursunof, Bakyt IbraimovSubject(s): Cultural Essay, Political Essay, Societal Essay
Published by: Transitions Online
Keywords: Kyrgyzstan; religious; secular law; teenage marriages; Muslim Sharia law; nikah; Osh province; Crisis Center for Women; UNDP; premarital sex; Islam; Osh State University; ethnic Uzbeks; Osh Gender Resource Center;
Summary/Abstract: Religious and secular law clash in Kyrgyzstan as teenage marriages and pregnancies grow increasingly common.
Journal: Transitions Online
- Issue Year: 2009
- Issue No: 06/30
- Page Count: 4
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF