The persistence of high rates of child marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and North Africa, and Asia: A scoping review

C Izugbara, K Suubi, C Afifu, T Salami… - Health Care for …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
While there is evidence that child marriage (CM) is reducing globally, rates in many contexts
remain far too high. To understand the persistence of high rates of CM, we searched multiple …

“I married because…”: Motivations to marry early among female spouses in child marriages in northern Ghana

EA Sarfo, JS Yendork, AV Naidoo - Children and Youth Services Review, 2024 - Elsevier
Child marriage is practised in Ghana with a prevalence rate of 27.2%. This high prevalence
is due to how marriage is conceptualized and constructed in communities that practice child …

Intra-gendered perceptions and adoption of climate-smart agriculture: Evidence from smallholder farmers in the Upper East Region of Ghana

K Antwi, P Antwi-Agyei - Environmental Challenges, 2023 - Elsevier
Climate-smart agriculture (CSA) remains a key strategy for sustaining agricultural systems
and achieving food security and nutrition. Despite this, uncertainty remains on how intra …

Merging adoption of natural climate solutions in agriculture with climatic and non-climatic risks within an (intra) gendered framework

K Antwi - Scientific Reports, 2024 - nature.com
The extant research on climate variability shares significant theoretical contributions to
vulnerability and risks. However, the literature mostly focuses on technical solutions to …

Regional distribution and factors associated with early marriage in Ghana: a cross-sectional study

BO Ahinkorah, A Osborne, RM Yillah, C Bangura… - Reproductive …, 2024 - Springer
Background Early marriage, the formal or informal union before age 18, remains a critical
challenge in several low-and middle-income countries. It has adverse health and education …

[PDF][PDF] Investigating Psychological-Marital Problems of Women who Filed for a Divorce and Examining the Effectiveness of Affective-Reconstructive Therapy on It

J Seifi Ghozlu, E Sadri Damirchi… - Quarterly of Applied …, 2023 - scj.sbu.ac.ir
Aim: The aim of this study was to investigate psychological-marital problems of women who
filed for a divorce and examining the effectiveness of affective-reconstructive therapy on it …

Perception of opinion leaders on society's approach to early marriage: A phenomenological research

H Salık, F Başaran, P Duru, ZK Şengül - Children and Youth Services …, 2024 - Elsevier
Introduction Early marriage remains a significant social issue worldwide, particularly in
regions where cultural, religious, and socioeconomic factors intersect. Understanding the …

[HTML][HTML] Developing Islamic Family Resilience Teaching Materials to Enhance Marital Readiness for High School Students

SM Ayu, J Junaidah - Tadris: Jurnal Keguruan dan Ilmu …, 2024 - ejournal.radenintan.ac.id
This study focuses on the development of teaching materials on Islamic family resilience as
part of the Islamic Religious Education (PAI) curriculum to prepare high school students for …

The Predictive Role of Big 5 Personality Traits and Psychosocial Health in Marital Readiness.

W Husain, P Majeed, F Ijaz, MA Husain - Journal of Internal Medicine …, 2023 - spphllc.com
Marital readiness has been regarded as a significant factor in a person's decision-making
process about marriage. Researchers have analyzed several psychosocial factors that play …

Adults' Qualitative Accounts of Adolescent Sexual Activity in A Resource-Constrained Urban Setting: What Role Does Social Disorganization Play?

A Biney, C Ofori - Ghana Journal of Geography, 2024 - ajol.info
Sexual risk-taking behaviour among adolescents in urban resource-constrained
communities has in recent times been deemed more pervasive than in the past. This study …