Social institutions as mediating sites for changing gender norms: Nurturing girl’s resilience to child marriage in Uganda

Author: Florence Muhanguzi Kyoheirwe, Grace Kyomuhendo Bantebya, Carol Watson

Published by: ODI

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This article draws on a three-year qualitative study on transforming the lives of adolescent girls and young women in Uganda. It illuminates the role of the family and the school as mediating sites in nurturing girls’ resilience to child marriage in Uganda.