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The right to choose / TVE International ; BBC Worldwide ; directed by Charlotte Metcalf.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Life (Bullfrog Films) ; 8.
- Life ; [8]
- Language:
- English
- Ethiopic
- Subjects (All):
- Globalization.
- Globalization--Social aspects.
- Women's rights--Ethiopia.
- Women's rights.
- Women--Ethiopia--Social conditions.
- Women.
- Marriage customs and rites--Ethiopia.
- Marriage customs and rites.
- Marriage--Ethiopia.
- Marriage.
- Arranged marriage--Ethiopia.
- Arranged marriage.
- Women--Health and hygiene--Ethiopia.
- Women--Crimes against--Ethiopia.
- Sex discrimination against women--Ethiopia.
- Sex discrimination against women.
- Women--Crimes against.
- Women--Health and hygiene.
- Social conditions.
- Ethiopia.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (24 min.) : digital, sound, color.
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [Oley, Pennsylvania] : [Distributed by] Bullfrog Films, [2017]
- Language Note:
- In English and Ethiopic with English voiceovers.
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- Nibret is eleven -- and they're marrying her off to a man she's never met. Forced marriage isn't unusual in northern Ethiopia. It helps to cement ties between families and establish land rights. Besides, claim Ethiopian scholars, there are no schools for young women, so why not marry them off early? It's a view shared by some Islamic leaders in northern Nigeria. They believe women's role is to comfort men, and see nothing wrong with marrying girls as young as seven, often in polygamous marriages.
- Participant:
- Commentary: Francine Stock ; with Original Georgis, Mairo Bello, Mohummed El Hassin.
- Credits:
- Editors, Richard Guard, Julian Sabath ; executive producer, Jenny Richards ; series producer, Luke Gawin ; series editor, Robert Lamb.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by: TVE International, ©2000.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed May 1, 2017).
- Publisher Number:
- bf-lsrtc Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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