Bridewealth in Northern and Eastern Uganda: Transformations of generosity between partners and generations

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dc.contributor.authorEjang, Mary
dc.contributor.authorOtim, Jimmy
dc.contributor.authorMeinert, Lotte
dc.date.accessioned2024-04-17T06:43:37Z
dc.date.available2024-04-17T06:43:37Z
dc.date.issued2024
dc.description.abstractBridewealth – in different forms of gifts and services – constitutes social and economic exchange and cohesion between families and generations that can serve to express, confirm and acknowledge partners’ and generations’ mutual respect. Yet, bridewealth is sometimes (mis)conceived as ‘payment’. Consequently, amounts of bridewealth have escalated over time and many now cannot ‘afford’ marriage. A Marriage Bill has been formulated but not yet been passed, due to political disagreements. Bridewealth in public debates is often considered from male and older generations’ perspectives and seldom from women’s and children’s. Families, cultural leaders and politicians all have roles to play in creating transformations. Parents can lower their expectations and use expressions such as ‘gifts’ rather than ‘payment’, and cultural leaders and politicians can suggest ceilings on bridewealth. Refund of bridewealth in case of divorce is prohibited, and we recommend further enforcement of this prohibition.en_US
dc.identifier.citationEjang, M., Otim, J., and Meinert, L. (2024). Bridewealth in Northern and Eastern Uganda: Transformations of generosity between partners and generations. Imagenu policy briefen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir.lirauni.ac.ug/xmlui/handle/123456789/800
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIMAGENUen_US
dc.subjectBridewealthen_US
dc.subjectNorthern and Eastern Ugandaen_US
dc.subjectTransformationsen_US
dc.subjectGenerosityen_US
dc.subjectPartnersen_US
dc.subjectGenerationsen_US
dc.titleBridewealth in Northern and Eastern Uganda: Transformations of generosity between partners and generationsen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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