What About Us A Study on the Situation of Young Married Girls Vikalp Sansthan ©Vikalp Sansthan First Published : March 2019 Publisher : Vikalp Sansthan Research Team : Dr Sohini Sengupta, Dr Shewli Kumar from TISS and Usha Choudhary, Yogesh Vaishnav from Vikalp Sansthan, Students from TISS and team members of Vikalp Sansthan Advisors : Dipta Bhog, Trupti Panchal Report Written by : Dr. Sohini Sengupta and Dr. Shewli Kumar Editing Support by : Karen Emmons and Manjima Bhattacharjya Report Designed by : Rajkumar Jalora, Yogesh Vaishnav, Kishor Goswami and Arif Kankaroli Supported by : American Jewish World Service For more copies contact : VIKALP SANSTHAN, 80, Vinayak Nagar, Ramgiri, Badgaon, Udaipur- 313011, Rajasthan- India Email:
[email protected] Cover Photo : Jonathan Torgovnik Other Photos : Rohit Jain, Ajeet Choudhary, Juhi Vaishnav and Vikalp team What About Us A Study on the Situation of Young Married Girls Vikalp Sansthan CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION 5 Literature review 8 Rationale for the study in Rajasthan— Vikalp Sansthan's approach and initiative 9 Methodology 10 Research participants and method 10 SECTION: I- Location of the study 11 Mavli Block, Udaipur District 12 Early Marriage in Udaipur District 12 Profile of the study villages 13 Profile of the marital households of the young brides (living there) 16 SECTION: II- Findings Based on Young Brides’ and Older Women's Experiences 19 Early vulnerability: Age at marriage, early sexual activity and control of sexuality 21 Caste, gender and the education of young