Bride price key cause of violence against women in Africa

By Gerald Businge on April 20, 2011 Atuki Turner, bride and groom cultures, bride price, bride price Kenya, Bride price South Africa, bride price Tanzania, bride price Uganda, causes of domestic violence, MIFUMI project, violence against women Culture & Heritage, Featured, Media Gallery, Society & Leisure

Many participants seemed to agree that bride practice culture has become extremely commercialized with parents looking at their daughters as monetary reserves. Some parents are choosing to marry daughters off as young as 14 or to demand the highest price they can name, whether in terms of cows or money.