Partnership and fertility patterns of young Filipinos have changed dramatically from previous generations, with a widening gap between sexual initiation and marriage, and concurrent increases in teenage pregnancy and unwanted fertility. Further understanding of young adultsu2019 social contexts and partnership...
Originally from the Mandya district of the Karnataka state, she is a native Kannada speaker who has lived in Bangalore since her marriage. Lakshmi has not attended school. Her husband's alcohol addiction drove her into the trade at 35 years of age. She was introduced by her female friend (...
Staging Resistance: Plays by Women in Translation (review) Hindi playwright Kusum Kumar's Listen Shefali is a particularly nuanced piece about a young woman who resists offers of marriage from the man she loves despite his higher social status because of her doubts about his sincerity. She ......