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. …

In this paper, we explore the links between polygyny and female labour supply in Senegal using a nationally …

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 …

marital trajectories affect women's wellbeing. Women's marital trajectories in Senegal are described and correlated with …Divorce and widowhood followed by remarriage are common for women in Africa. A key question is how such discontinuous … widowhood as well as subsequent remarriage is documented. Poorer women are more vulnerable to both dissolution and remarriage …