Add to ORKGIncidents of dowry-related violence increase yearly in modern India despite current laws aimed at deterring the cultural perpetuation of the practice. This article provides an understanding of the evolution of the dowry system, an analysis of India\u27s dowry prohibition laws, and an analysis of the cultural notions that support the practice. Using this analysis the author suggests that Indian laws fail to eradicate dowry-related violence because the laws do not adequately address the fundamental notion of dowry exchange as a part of modern day culture in India. The article begins with a brief background on the meaning of dowry exchange. It goes on to analyze the Dowry Prohibition Act of 1961 as well as other more contemporary laws that are...
This article focuses on the phenomenon of women who kill women in the context of India’s dowry murde...
Within the past two decades, various humanitarian and human rights organizations have brought forth ...
The author explores the (mal)practice of dowry in contemporary India and the challenge it presents t...
Incidents of dowry-related violence increase yearly in modern India despite current laws aimed at de...
Indian constitution provides the right to equality to all the people of India including women. In sp...
The Dowry Prohibition Act enacted on July 1, 1961, in India prohibits the giving or receiving of a d...
Originally conceived as a voluntary marriage gift, dowry has developed into an obligatory payment by...
I argue that dowries exist because of a combination of two reasons. First, there is an excess supply...
The purpose of this essay is to examine the complex social and cultural practice of dowry, and viole...
This interdisciplinary study re-examines contemporary understandings of the role p.layed by dowry in...
This article discusses the due diligence standard of governmental responsibility, and measures the a...
Abstract. In India, the custom of dowry [payment of cash /gifts from the bride family to the bridegr...
Dowry, also called as Kanyadaan in Indian Hindu marriage, It is the amount paid in currency or any m...
Dowry, the money, goods, property, or gifts given by the bride’s family to the groom or his family a...
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the complex social and cultural practice of dowry ...
This article focuses on the phenomenon of women who kill women in the context of India’s dowry murde...
Within the past two decades, various humanitarian and human rights organizations have brought forth ...
The author explores the (mal)practice of dowry in contemporary India and the challenge it presents t...
Incidents of dowry-related violence increase yearly in modern India despite current laws aimed at de...
Indian constitution provides the right to equality to all the people of India including women. In sp...
The Dowry Prohibition Act enacted on July 1, 1961, in India prohibits the giving or receiving of a d...
Originally conceived as a voluntary marriage gift, dowry has developed into an obligatory payment by...
I argue that dowries exist because of a combination of two reasons. First, there is an excess supply...
The purpose of this essay is to examine the complex social and cultural practice of dowry, and viole...
This interdisciplinary study re-examines contemporary understandings of the role p.layed by dowry in...
This article discusses the due diligence standard of governmental responsibility, and measures the a...
Abstract. In India, the custom of dowry [payment of cash /gifts from the bride family to the bridegr...
Dowry, also called as Kanyadaan in Indian Hindu marriage, It is the amount paid in currency or any m...
Dowry, the money, goods, property, or gifts given by the bride’s family to the groom or his family a...
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to examine the complex social and cultural practice of dowry ...
This article focuses on the phenomenon of women who kill women in the context of India’s dowry murde...
Within the past two decades, various humanitarian and human rights organizations have brought forth ...
The author explores the (mal)practice of dowry in contemporary India and the challenge it presents t...