Burn dowry not women In a season where every other person seems to be taking offence at something or the other‚ let me add what offends me. I was deeply offended and hurt when I read the following headline: “One bride burnt every hour”. No‚ this is not a headline from a newspaper of the 1980s but from Sunday‚ January 29‚ 2012. The women the headline writes about are killed for not bringing in enough dowry. Yes‚ indeed‚ the giving‚ taking and killing for dowry is still alive and kicking in “Incredible
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FEMALE FOETICIDE AND THE DOWRY SYSTEM IN INDIA Devaki Monani Ghansham Women ’s Studies Research Unit‚ School of Social Work‚ University of Melbourne Townsville International Women’s Conference - AUSTRALIA 3 - 7 July 2002 ~ James Cook University “Poverty‚ Violence and Women’s Rights: ...Setting a Global Agenda” This international conference is for all who care passionately about improving women’s position in the world‚ who demand justice and full human rights for women everywhere and who believe
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arranged marriage system .According to this system there is no possibility for separation and marriage is forever. As divorce is not acknowledged amongst most Indians it is vital that the marriage choice is wisely thought and carefully planned and is one of the significant choices a person will ever take. Usually the parents and family members look for certain attributes in spouse. The marriage partner is selected from their own religion‚ caste and to their matching social or economic status
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Dowry system is when the bride’s family gives goods‚ money‚ or estate to her husband and his family during marriage (E. Pauls Prine (Ed.)‚ 2008). This practice is mostly common in South Asia‚ specifically the Indian culture (E. Pauls Prine (Ed.)‚ 2008). On the other hand is the practice of bride price system which is where the husband gives cattle‚ land or goods in exchange for a woman’s hand in marriage (Schwimmer‚ 2002). This is mostly practiced in Africa among traditional households‚ where it
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DOWRY SYSTEM IN INDIA Dowry system is a main problem in our society and it has disturbed and made disgrace to our society. Dowry system is the main culture system where parents of the bride give lumps of money‚ expensive gifts and jewellery to the bridegroom. The dowry has been done by many ordinary families in the North India. The dowry is event is where there is a huge requirement the bridegroom get millions of money as a dowry from the bride’s family depending upon the qualifications and education
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The dowry system is an age old system and a peculiar phenomenon of the Indian society. It is‚ as today‚ a curse to the society. Dowry is the name given to all that‚ the parents of a girl give to her when she gets married. At the face of it‚ the system seems quite appropriate‚ healthy and logical‚ for‚ in this simple way‚ the parents of the girl help her in setting a new home. So far‚ so good and‚ originally also the purpose of dowry was very justified and understandable. Let us now analyze
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Dowry is derived from the ancient Hindu customs of ‘kanyadan’ and ‘stridhan’. In ‘kanyadan’‚ the father of the bride offers the father of the groom money or property‚ etc whereas for ‘stridhan’‚ the bride herself gets jewelry and clothes at the time of her marriage‚ usually from her relatives or friends. In Varadakshina’‚ the father of the bride presents the groom cash or kind. All of these could be done voluntarily and out of affection and love. The Hindu marriage system is sacramental. According
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DOWRY SYSTEM ABSTRACT This research paper focuses on the dowry system of pakistan . It discusses how dowry is a common problem not only in pakistan but also in other South Asian countires . The main objectives of this paper were to find why people give dowry even though most of the people are against this evil system and how the concept of dowry has changed over the years . It highlights on the issues such as domestic violence and bride burning which are the common consequences of not paying
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“The Dowry System In India” The dowry system is so deeply rooted in Indian culture‚ that sometimes one feels that there’s going to be no way out - at least not for another century. Even modern‚ well-educated families start saving up money for their daughter’s dowry as soon as she is born so what can one expect from the uneducated masses‚ whose only form of education is tradition? When demands for dowry are not met‚ the bride is subject to torture‚ and often even killed. The reason many parents don’t
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