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South AsiaJulie Boyland, Christine Chen, Emily Kim, Jehan Silva, Ankita Singh,
Pooja Srinivas, Diana Tappert, Moira Dewey
Where is South Asia?
Countries in South Asia Region
● India● Pakistan● Bangladesh● Sri Lanka● Bhutan & Nepal (Not listed in book)
Child Marriage in South Asia
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Video: The Cultural Tradition of Child Marriages
http://video.nationalgeographic.com/video/places/culture-places/beliefs-and-traditions/india_childmarriage/
Benefits of Later Marriage
● Further opportunity for education
● Improved health for mother, less likely to die in childbirth
● Infant Mortality Rates decrease as marriage age increases
● Planned families are healthier and more well-equipped to
care for children
● Increased economic opportunities for mothers who received
education prior to marriage/childbirth
● Lowers CBR, which is beneficial for dealing with
overpopulation (especially good for India)
Child Marriage: A Rising Epidemic
:17-:57
Movement to End Child Marriage
Relation to Human Geo Concepts: Child Marriages
● Cultural traditions that make up the mindsets of people are extremely difficult to change with simply outside forces
● Young girls getting married results in less education and a lower status for women, which leads to a higher CBR and more diseases like HIV/AIDS
Affirmative Action
● Castes deemed “backwards” qualify for special status
and guaranteed entry into schools or workforce.
● Lower classes take positions of more-prepared higher
caste members at universities and businesses.
● This is bad. Students are fighting to be considered a
lower class than they actually are.
Affirmative Action: News Report
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N9mfqcjGPaI
Definition of Terms: Affirmative Action
Caste System
Examples of Affirmative Action
● 18%
● 35% 45% of
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15% to 7.5% to 27%
Other Problems
● political:
● economic:
● social:
● cultural:
Affirmative Action Wage Gap*
The top 10% or the 12.3 ratio refers to the "creamy layer".
The bottom 10% or the 1 ratio refers to the SC/ST/OBC's.
Proposed Solutions: Affirmative Action
● entry points
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creamy backwards● competition hard work
India: Population Overview
India: Population Under 15 years old
31% of the Indian pop. is under 15!
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○ overcrowding
○ overpopulation
○ competition
○ g a p impoverished
Helping India's Youth
● Youth = future
● child marriage = detrimental to the 31%
● affirmative action = detrimental to the rising 31%
Save India's youth from harmful practices and
discrimination save the future of India.