Adolescent Gender Roles: Are They Evolving?

Carol Vlassoff

Chapter 7 in Gender Equality and Inequality in Rural India, 2013, pp 123-135 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Today’s world has the largest generation of adolescents in history and one that is especially vulnerable to a number of social and health risks. As is evident from the above case study, these risks, combined with women’s low social status, are associated with early marriage, pregnancy and delivery, sexually transmitted infections (Bearinger et al., 2007) and greater marital violence (Raj et al., 2010). Unfortunately, compared to health and social services aimed at children and adults, the adolescent age group has received relatively little attention (Shaikh and Rahim, 2006; Bearinger et al., 2007; Shaw, 2009).

Keywords: Adolescent Girl; Gender Equality; General Knowledge; Female Youth; Desire Family Size (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1057/9781137373922_7

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