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Women's Status and Violence against Young Married Women in Rural Nepal. Lamichhane, P., Puri, M., Tamang, J., & Dulal, B., (2011)

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Despite the increasing number of studies being conducted on violence against young married women elsewhere, this subject has received little attention from researchers and policy makers in Nepal. This paper assesses the prevalence of violence among young married women in rural Nepal. Specifically, it examines women’s status in order to better understand the risk of violence. A cross-sectional study was conducted in 2009 among 1,296 young married women aged 15-24 years in four major ethnic groups.

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