Marriages in the Shadow of Climate Vulnerability

Abstract

Demographic behaviour may alter as a result of how climate-change interacts with social, economic, and political influences. The relationship between environmental stress and marriage hasn’t got much attention. We investigate the connection between the risk of marriage and extreme weather, such as heat waves and dry spells. We discover that girls and women are more likely to get married in the year of or the year after the heat waves. The relationship is highest for women between the ages of 18 and 23, and weakest for those between the ages of 11 and 14. We also investigate the idea that severe weather influences families to accept less suitable daughter marriage proposals. We discover that people who get married in extremely hot weather typically end up with less educated men and poorer families. Similarly to this, men with less education who married during unusually dry years are supportive of partner violence more than other married men married in normal seasons of the year. These findings collectively imply that families who experience environmental shocks adapt by hastening the marriage of daughters or by settling for less ideal marriage offers. Such behaviours highlight the particular vulnerabilities encountered by women as climate change accelerates and are expected to have long-term effects on their health and well-being.

The relationship between dowry, arranged marriages, and climate change in different parts of the world is discussed in this essay. We researchers contend that climatic crises are causing serious economic burdens, thus the families of young men now consider dowry as a way to accumulate wealth. Dowry has grown to be a considerable financial burden for the families of girls, one that rises with the girl's age. We contend that as a result of the economic difficulties brought on by climatic concerns. Thus, there is an increase in children and forced weddings. We come to the conclusion that, in order to adequately safeguard against climate change, attention should be focused on how to resist the crisis thus protecting children from getting married due to climate vulnerability.