Purpose The child marriage field lacks a simplified framework that connects an
understanding of the drivers of child marriage for girls to decisions about the design of …

For girls and women, marriage under 18 years is commonplace in many low-income nations
today and was culturally widespread historically. Global health campaigns refer to marriage …

Purpose This comparative study explores the connections between potential drivers of child
marriage among girls at the individual, household, and community levels. It provides insight …

Previous research argues that female choice may not be as powerful an influence on the
evolution of human mating preferences as once expected given the importance of parental …

Objectives Human childrearing is cooperative, with women often able to achieve relatively
high fertility through help from many individuals. Previous work has documented …

Urbanization in low and middle-income nations is characterized by economic and
demographic shifts largely understood to be beneficial to women's empowerment. These …

Human rights are among our most pressing issues today, yet rights promoters have reached
an impasse in their effort to achieve rights for all. Human Rights for Pragmatists explains …

BACKGROUND Fostering, raising children that are not one's biological children, is common
in many societies worldwide. Despite predicted lower investment in nonbiological offspring …

The marriage of older men to younger women is common across cultures. On one hand,
husband-older marriage may serve the interests of both sexes, a conclusion broadly …

Global health studies typically characterise adolescent marriage as a fundamental risk to
female wellbeing. In contrast, ethnographic research among communities 'at risk'identifies …