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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Customary marriage"”.
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Mission Churches and African Marriage in Zimbabwe 1890-1970: Contemporary African Christian Dilemmas Over Marriage in Historical and Theological Perspective
… 1 reviews the relevant literature on African marriage and states the objectives of this study. Chapter 2 describes the main features of the African (Shona) customary marriage of Zimbabwe which are commonly practised among other African ethnic groups in sub-Saharan Africa. Missionary negative …
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Proving the existence of unregistered customary marriages in deceased estates: challenges of the MBU 16 form
… the recognition of polygamous and monogamous customary marriages through the enactment of theReform of Customary Law of Succession and Regulation of Related Matters Act 11 of 2009. However, proving the existence of an unregistered customary marriage is a challenge, particularly when a partner …
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Consent to minor customary marriages perpetuates abuse towards african girls and women in south africa
… enter into a valid and legally binding civil or customary marriage if they obtain consent from their parent or guardian, but only if said marriage is found to be “in the best interests of the child”. That, furthermore, this legally permissible minimum age of marriage differs for boys and girls, …
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Examining the role of the legislature and judiciary in the context of Traditional and Religious Personal and Family Systems in South Africa
… intimate relationships were not recognised as customary and religious marriages were declared ‘immoral' due to the potential for polygyny in these marriages. However, with the advent of the Constitution, the Recognition of Customary Marriages Act 120 of 1998(‘RCMA'), the Reform of Customary Law …
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The constitutional and statutory position of the 'other' wife: a comparative study of constitutional rights and polygamous customary marriages in Commonwealth Africa
… and non-discrimination apply to polygynous customary marriages in Commonwealth Africa from a legislative perspective. In other words, I examine whether there is a correlation between constitutional protection of rights and legislation, sensitive to the human rights of women in polygynous …
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An Evaluation of the sanctity of Marriage Between Customary and Statutory Marriages Vis-A-Vis Divorce
… of this paper is to evaluate the sanctity of marriage among the two forms of marriages in Zambia that being Customary marriage and statutory marriages. The paper is largely based on books and articles written by scholars in the field of marriage and divorce and flavored by the author's …
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Probing the experiences of women within the practice of "Gonyalelwa lapa' among BaSotho ba Lebowa' Ga-Masemola Area Sekhukhune District, Makhudumathaga Municipality, Limpopo Province South Africa
‘Gonyalelwa lapa’ is a form of a marriage whereby a family marries a woman to a deceased son who passed on without having biological children, for the purpose of restoring or reviving the deceased’s name. The woman is married with her existing children, or to bear children who will take the surname …
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Dispossession of Matrimonial Choice in Contemporary India: Examining the Link between Cross-region Marriages, Neoliberal Capitalism, and New Forms of Gender Subordination
In India, in the mid 1990s, a new form of non-customary marriage emerged on the rural North Indian marriage-scape. Transgressing rules of caste endogamy and marriage within one’s religion, the men, largely drawn from the lower classes of Meo Muslims and the dominant-peasant Hindu castes, travelled …
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Pandangan masyarakat tentang perkawinan adat ganti suami: Studi kasus di Desa Pugungraharjo, Kecamatan Jabung, Kabupaten Lampung Tengah
… part of Lampung province, apply the tradition of marriage by the husband instead of widows in the village. Replace traditional marriage is a tradition of marriage when the husband of a woman's husband died, and her husband had a brother who was old enough, the brother of the husband who dies …
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Lucwaningo lolunzulu lolumayelana nekubaluleka kwemtsimba nalokuhambisana nawo emaSwatini
Nowadays marriage, especially the European civil marriage is considered as holiest-of holiest, as looked against the customary or traditional marriage. It is thus why Umtsimba-the traditional bridal party-is looked down upon. Indeed those who marry the customary way are considered as barbarians who …
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Perkawinan adat Batak di Daerah Padang Sidimpuan, Sumatera Utara: Kajian fenomenologis
… atura-aturan adat yang berlaku. ENGLISH: Marriage is a spiritual bond between a man born to a woman as husband and wife with the aim of forming a family (household), a happy and everlasting based on Belief in God Almighty. The provisions on marriage in Islam has been discussed in detail …
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Human rights, modernity and culture: understanding the position of lobola as a form of VAW and the current human rights normative standards and discourse on VAW
… between Lobola and the violence women face in marriage and upon divorce. However, the research also establishes that the practice of Lobola itself does not present as a form of violence against women - but because of the perceptions, beliefs, and power systems it creates, the practice becomes …
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Section 1 of the Civil Union Act 17 of 2006: Does the blanket ban on minors from entering into a civil union underpin “the best interests of the child” principle in terms of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa
… furthermore evaluated the current South African marriage law system in determining whether the prohibition of minors from entering into a civil union, whilst the Marriage Act and the Recognition of Marriages Act afford minors (provided they obtain the required consent) the right to enter into a …