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Being A Child Bride In Nigeria: A Feminist Narrative Inquiry, Olubukola Foluke Sonibare
Being A Child Bride In Nigeria: A Feminist Narrative Inquiry, Olubukola Foluke Sonibare
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This thesis draws on narratives of northern Hausa-Fulani Nigerian women married as child brides. The aim was to gain an in-depth understanding of Child Early Forced Marriage (CEFM) as experienced by these former child brides and identify the conditions that influence their decision-making autonomy on health care services utilization. A narrative inquiry approach within an intersectional feminist lens was used to analyze the structural, social, cultural, and religious realities that shape the experiences of former child brides in Nigeria. Fifteen former child brides from rural northern Nigeria who now reside in a southern urban setting of the country completed semi-structural …