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Lessons Learned
Tipping Point Story of Change: Together We Stand
Shushila Yadav and Gongotri Yadav are sisters. They are bright, capable, and ambitious. Meeting young women like them in a small village like Maryadpur, which lies in Rupandehi district in Nepal, is not common. However with role models like them, this may soon be changing as many girls look up to them for inspiration. Twenty-year-old Shushila Yadav is currently pursuing her High School Degree in
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Tipping Point Story of Change: When Football Challenges Stereotypes
“Kicking the football for the first time felt really good!,” Pooja Yadav shares with much zeal. This is the first time she has played football in nineteen years of her life. A resident of Bairghat VDC in Rupandehi, Pooja’s parents had arranged for Pooja to wed just last year. In keeping with the social norms of her community, they had arranged for her to marry at such a young age ‐ this was not an
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Tipping Point Story of Change: Defying the Ideal
"The concept of an 'ideal' daughter is something that haunts us girls. An ideal daughter does not speak too much; she obeys her parents; she behaves appropriately. I grew up with this concept. For most of my life, I would do what I was told and never imagined doing the things I wanted to do. In keeping with this, my parents decided that it was time for me to get married when I was 22 years old. An
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Tipping Point Story of Change: Creating Positive Shifts
One Billion Rising (OBR) is a relatively new concept in Nepal, as in much of the world. Rupandehi district in Nepal chose to organize a solidarity rally and an interaction event in 2016. This is where Sashikala Yadav had been invited to speak: she was asked to share her experience of being an only child, to be the voice of her community members, and share out to her district the problems that exi
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Laws on Child Marriage in South Asian Countries: Analysis
Child marriages continue to be the norm. As elsewhere in the world, the drivers of child marriage include deeply entrenched cultural norms and religious beliefs. Re-envisioning social norms demands change in mindsets of all people in society along with laws that incentivize positive practices and deters harmful practices. This study focused mainly on laws of South Asian countries.
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Bangladesh: Policy Brief on The Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2017
Summary of findings of a study conducted to understand child-marriage related laws in South Asian countries and the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2017 of Bangladesh that repealed the previous law and set the minimum age of marriage for women at 18 and at 21 for men. It highlights recommendations from experts and activists to strengthen the legal framework in Bangladesh.
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Cultural Context of Child Marriage in Nepal and Bangladesh
The Tipping Point Community Participatory Analysis Study was designed to deepen understanding of the contextual factors and root causes driving the prevalence of child marriage in particular regions of Nepal and Bangladesh. The three main areas of inquiry offer insights into the vulnerability to child marriage, the specific drivers of the practice, and the dreams and reactions of adolescents affec
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Tipping Point Evaluación de referencia Hallazgos de la Norma Social
Este informe presenta las conclusiones combinadas de la evaluación de referencia en Nepal y Bangladesh sobre las cinco normas sociales en las que se centra la programación de Tipping Point. Los resultados de los datos de las normas sociales sugieren que tan pronto como las niñas llegan a la pubertad, experimentan normas más restrictivas y su propia sensibilidad a las sanciones de las familias y lo
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Tipping Point Évaluation Préliminaire Conclusions sur les Normes Socia
Ce dossier présente les résultats combinés de l'évaluation de base au Népal et au Bangladesh sur les cinq normes sociales sur lesquelles se concentre la programmation du Tipping Point. Les résultats des données sur les normes sociales suggèrent que dès que les filles atteignent la puberté, elles sont soumises à des normes plus restrictives et que leur propre sensibilité aux sanctions des familles
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Tipping Point Phase 2 Baseline Social Norms Findings Brief (Arabic)
يعرض هذا الموجز النتائج المجمعة من التقييم الأساسي في نيبال وبنغلاديش حول المعايير الاجتماعية الخمسة التي تركز عليها برمجة نقطة التحول. تشير النتائج المستخلصة من بيانات الأعراف الاجتماعية إلى أنه بمجرد وصول الفتيات إلى سن البلوغ ، يتعرضن لمعايير أكثر تقييدًا وحساسيتهن تجاه العقوبات المفروضة من العائلات وأفراد المجتمع يؤدي إلى التزام الفتيات بهذه المعايير في سلوكهن. هناك بعض علامات المرونة في المعا
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