(english) Women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market can be explained by conflicts between their roles in … increased women’s role in household survival strategies, but their participation does not have the same sociological meaning in … Dakar as it does in Lomé. When women in Dakar take part in an economic activity outside the domestic sphere this clashes …

tending to be observed more and more frequently outside the formal framework of marriage. In both cases, the fact that women …Women’s disadvantaged position in the labour market can be explained by conflicts between their roles in exercising an … economic activity and in assuming their domestic activities. Husbands’ insufficient or inexistent income has increased women …

find that poor women and men with low levels of education are the most negatively affected by the tradition of bride price … women, empowerment will give leeway to girls in traditional societies, even if the bride price system is not overturned. …

Marriage is an important institution for both individuals and society as a whole. It is a significant event in the life …-Saharan pattern of marriage as “early and universal”. Early and virtually continuous marriage throughout a woman's reproductive years … is also maintained by several related marriage customs including polygyny, levirate marriage, and bride wealth or bride …