Major differences in patterns of and trends in marriage and divorce are observed across
Asia. While average age at marriage is increasing almost everywhere, in South Asia …

Over recent decades, a traditional characteristic of South-East and East Asia-the universality
of marriage-has ended. The change has been dramatic and widespread, though variable …

“My husband doesn't have a head for business,” complained Ngoc, the owner of a children's
clothing stall in Ben Thanh market.“Naturally, it's because he'sa man.” When the women who …

Since Vietnam introduced economic reforms in the mid-1980s, domestic service has
become an established sector of the labour market, and domestic workers have become …

Our world today is experimenting a time of great power but also of tremendous resistances.
Everywhere, people are brought together by similar burdens and frustration and creatively …

This study examines the impact of current land policies in China and Vietnam on women's
entitlement to land, women's wellbeing and gender power relations. The ethnographic study …

In the mid-1980s, after the Indochina Wars, a shortage of men meant that many single
women in Vietnam found themselves without suitable marital prospects. A number of these …

Abstract Set in Southeast Asia in a context where marriage postponement and avoidance
have made headlines in both academic and popular press outlets, this research was …

This study draws on the life histories of heterosexual childless individuals who have never
married, to explore the more subtle ways that age norms affect the subjective experience of …

My mother often told me that it is not easy for garment girls to get married. I think it is quite
true. In my previous workshop, there were 42 workers and we all were girls. No boys. We …