Post by account_disabled on Dec 26, 2017 7:52:00 GMT
Hi,
In the months since the tsunami struck, teenage girls along the length of India?s battered Tamil Nadu coast have been dragooned into marriage.
Some are married off by parents terrified of their honour being compromised in the crowded relief camps; some because their parents can no longer afford to look after them. The tsunami killed four women for every man. The men were stronger swimmers, and the women were slowed as they tried to rescue children. There is now a dangerous gender imbalance in many villages.
In 16-year-old Selvanakayi?s village, 45 people were killed by the wave, all but three of them female. Her first cousin asked for her hand after the tsunami killed his grandmother, the only female member of his household. ?They wanted him to marry so there would be a woman in the house,? Selvanakayi said. ?I was shocked when they came and told me. I refused but my mother started trying to convince me that they needed me there. In the end I had no choice, so I thought ?better the devil you know?.?
Thanks!
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In the months since the tsunami struck, teenage girls along the length of India?s battered Tamil Nadu coast have been dragooned into marriage.
Some are married off by parents terrified of their honour being compromised in the crowded relief camps; some because their parents can no longer afford to look after them. The tsunami killed four women for every man. The men were stronger swimmers, and the women were slowed as they tried to rescue children. There is now a dangerous gender imbalance in many villages.
In 16-year-old Selvanakayi?s village, 45 people were killed by the wave, all but three of them female. Her first cousin asked for her hand after the tsunami killed his grandmother, the only female member of his household. ?They wanted him to marry so there would be a woman in the house,? Selvanakayi said. ?I was shocked when they came and told me. I refused but my mother started trying to convince me that they needed me there. In the end I had no choice, so I thought ?better the devil you know?.?
Thanks!
For more details:
Whiteboard Overview Video