Dowry law in India

Diversity in India India is an extremely diverse country in Asia. It has many different religions and languages that lead to many problems for the government. In terms of population, it is the world’s largest democracy, according to Masci (2001). The country is relatively new only gaining independence in 1947 from the United Kingdom. India has adopted many of the colonial forms from their previous masters, such as a common law system, a parliament, as well as the English language. The country…

joy. Instead, an annunciation of a baby being a girl has become dangerous. In India and many other parts of the world, thousands of girls are victims of abuse, negligence, and murder, simply because they are girls. Similarly, to genocide where a specific group is deliberately exterminated, gendercide is a sex-selective killing where men or women are victims disproportionately (Carpenter). The war against women in India goes back centuries with the deeply rooted, sexist cultural dynamics as well…

leads to wonder whether society is going through changing times, leading towards more love-based marriages, with the onset of dating culture in India. Nowadays, India is the second most populous country in the world and by 2050 this country-continent should overtake the Chinese giant and to be…

is most common in the western and northern regions of India. Although being classified as a criminal offense, female infanticide continues to be an extremely under reported crime.…

India infanticide has and is a big topic in India for many decades. It is the killing of girls using selective gender techniques. Whether it would be infanticide or abortion because of economic, financial burden when she gets married, and for spiritual rights that only men can do these were all old Indian ways. India needs to make more laws and new regulatory agencies to enforce these rules and procedures. They do not enforce their own laws now and with no agency, nothing is being done to solve…

Culture Culture is a thing which compound whole and which includes various things like knowledge, art, belief, moral laws, customs etc. culture is access by men as a member of the society and it is transmitted through generation to generation. Gender Gender is known as male and female typically referred with social and cultural traits rather than biological. History of Sub-Continent Sub-continent history started from Indus Valley civilization one of the oldest and first civilization of the…

sexual violence other than rape, and 48% has faced psychological aggression. In order to control crimes and violence against women the Government of United States has passed the federal law on September 13, 1994 known as ‘The Violence Against Women Act of 1994 ‘(Title IV, sec. 40001-40703 of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994). (Monica N. Modi, MD,1 Sheallah Palmer, BA,2 and Alicia Armstrong, MD, MHSCR1…

Fizza and Gaziya’s presentation on violence against women in contemporary India provided an extensive look at the various forms that violence against women take place. These forms included rape, female infanticide, female foeticide, acid throwing, dowry deaths and some forms of sexual violence. In doing so, the group looked at some of the changing perceptions to these forms of violence in India and how these have been reflected in India’s Penal Code through amendments. They also provided many…

still struggling to overcome the cultural discrimination in India. In ancient days women in India treated as personal properties and used to fulfil men’s physical desires. Because of that, women always stay at home in the old days (Shah, D. (2011)). At last when they dare to come out of the houses to try to make their mark on the society which is dominated by men, they are being assaulted everywhere they go. The plight of the women in India is still the same as in ancient days. As a result, most…

Women’s Life in India Women in ancient India were held in high honor, but now many women’s life in India is dangerous and scary. They are often receiving ends in Indian society. They are treated and tortured at every stage. A girl child is in slavery from her early childhood. She is under unbroken watch, first by the parents then her husband and finally her own children. Not only that, she is often condemned to death even before she is born. In ancient India the birth of a girl was lucky, and…