Indigenous women's status

Indigenous women's Social status:(Marriage/Divorce/Polygamy Since the majority of the rural girls do not go to school beyond the primary stage, it isnatural for parents to groom the girls for their "most important role" of motherhood.Thus,in the rural areas, girls are married between the age of 12-18.unlike,the women of the plains,the indigenous women have more freedomn-terms of selecting their partners.Marriages take place within the same people or "tribe",but seldom within the same clan. After the marriage the bride generally moves to another village.In the new family,the brde takes on aheavy work burden and is reffered to as someone's wife or daughter-in-law.