Mass weddings as social policy: What happens after the ceremony? (1), By Ismail Ahmed
In August, the Kano State Government, in northwestern Nigeria, supported 1,500 couples through its Auren Gata mass-wedding programme, with beneficiaries drawn largely from low-income and vulnerable groups, including widows and divorcees.
More Than a Decade of Weddings Should Produce Evidence Kano’s modern state-supported programme dates to 2012, when an initial group of 100 widows and divorced women took part in a government-backed mass wedding; subsequently, additional numbers were supported.
State-backed marriage assistance has become a recognisable form of social intervention across parts of northern Nigeria, strengthening the case for a common evaluation framework.
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