Women in South Asia: Dowry Death and Human Rights Violations |
Contents
South Asian Dowry System | 1 |
South Asian Dowry System in Western View | 12 |
Violence against Women | 27 |
Copyright | |
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abetment battered women behaviour bride bridegroom British Asian caste cause cent centre committed Conference crime criminal cruelty cultural daughter definition of dowry demand divorce domestic violence dowry death dowry murders dowry problem Dowry Prohibition Act dowry system dowry transactions dowry-related violence economic evidence female female infanticide gender girls given giving harassment Haryana High Court Hindu husband iddat in-laws Indian Penal Code issue male marital marriage married Muslim organisations Pakistan parents perpetrated person physical violence police political practice presents protection punished with imprisonment Punjab rape recognised refugee relations relationship reported responsibility role sati sexual sexual intercourse social South Asian women Special Rapporteur spouses status sub-section subjective dependency suicide Supreme Court taking of dowry traditional victims of physical violation violence against women WCHR wedding wife abuse wife battering wives woman women's human rights women's rights