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Femicide to extort more dowry
Dowry deaths are the murder of married women who are killed or driven to suicide following dowry disputes often after the bride has been severely harassed
Dowry_death
Payment by one family of a marriage to the other family
A dowry (or marriage portion) is a payment such as land, property, money, livestock, or a commercial asset that is paid by the bride's (woman's) family
Dowry
cases, requests for a dowry has led to crimes against women, ranging from emotional abuse and injury to death. The history of dowry in South Asia is complex
Dowry_system_in_India
Form of domestic violence
form of dowry death, bride-burning occurs when a woman is murdered by her husband or his family for her family's refusal to pay additional dowry. The wife
Bride_burning
Ongoing criminal investigation in India
Sharma Death Probe". NDTV. PTI. 25 May 2026. "Twisha Sharma dowry harassment case: A timeline of events". The Hindu. 2026. "Twisha Sharma death case: Absconding
Death_of_Twisha_Sharma
Public health issue of violent acts against women
recorded 12,612 dowry deaths during the years of 1998 and 1999. Tamil Nadu reported 198 dowry-related deaths during 2008. Dowry deaths, like other crimes
Violence against women in Tamil Nadu
Violence_against_women_in_Tamil_Nadu
Public health issue of violent acts against women
of dowry deaths from the state of Uttar Pradesh (2,222 dowry deaths) and the highest dowry death rate (per 1,00,000 population) in the state of Haryana
Violence against women in India
Violence_against_women_in_India
some cases dowry death and bride burning as a result of the husband's dissatisfaction with the dowry payment. In fact, 8391 dowry deaths reported in
Domestic_violence_in_India
Indian non-governmental organization
the second highest number of registered dowry deaths. Currently, dowry death is defined as “Where the death of a woman is caused by any burns or bodily
Red_Brigade_Trust
Indian television producer and director (born 1966)
Ilyasi was charged under Section 304B of the Indian Penal Code for dowry death. He also got involved in a legal battle with his in-laws for the custody
Suhaib_Ilyasi
2002 book by Mala Sen
Death by Fire: Sati, Dowry Death and Female Infanticide in Modern India is a book authored by Mala Sen, and published by Rutgers University Press in 2002
Death_by_Fire_(book)
if their in-laws deem their dowry insufficient. Amongst dowry-related violence, bride burnings, also known as "stove deaths", are widely reported. A 1988
Domestic_violence_in_Pakistan
Indian-British writer and human rights activist 1947–2011)
themselves worthless. As a result, she published her second book, Death by Fire: Sati, Dowry Death and Female Infanticide in Modern India in 2001. Adopting a
Mala_Sen
Indian politician
profession. Now currently he is on bail for his daughter in law's dowry harassment and dowry death case. "Former BSP leader Narendra Kashyap joins BJP". Business
Narendra_Kumar_Kashyap
suicide or accident. In 2012, 8,233 dowry death cases were reported across India. Dowry issues caused 1.4 deaths per year per 100,000 women in India.
Crime_in_India
Mathematical problem involving optimal stopping theory
decision theory. It is also known as the marriage problem, the sultan's dowry problem, the fussy suitor problem, the googol game, and the best choice
Secretary_problem
Hindi Hindu hymn dedicated to Vishnu (1870)
University of Chicago Press. pp. 108–109. Sen, Mala (2002). Death by Fire: Sati, Dowry Death, and Female Infanticide in Modern India. Rutgers University
Om_Jai_Jagdish_Hare
Illegal abortion of females in India
socio-economic status and literacy. This may be connected to the dowry system in India where dowry deaths occur when a girl is seen as a financial burden. Urban
Female_foeticide_in_India
Sexual violence in India
offenses, such as gang rape, carry a twenty-year minimum and allow for the death penalty. Indian law does not criminalize marital rape. Both the historical
Rape_in_India
Abuse of members of the same household
Domestic murder includes stoning, bride burning, honor killing, and dowry death, which sometimes involves non-cohabitating family members. In 2015, the
Domestic_violence
(like homicide of a person belonging to SC/ST or a minority community, dowry-death etc.); (iv)The degree of the crime: Multiple murders of a family or a
Capital_punishment_in_India
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Indian Act of Parliament
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Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005
Protection_of_Women_from_Domestic_Violence_Act,_2005
Indian social issue
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Gambling_in_India
Euphemism for public sexual harassment or assault of women by men
strangers, including 'The Delhi Prohibition of Eve-teasing Bill 1984'. The death of a female student, Sarika Shah, in Chennai in 1998, resulted in some tough
Eve_teasing
Ritual removal of the vulva
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Index of articles associated with the same name
Honor killing Crime of passion Femicide Domestic violence Blood feud Dowry death Gender and violence Sexual harassment Sexual violence Category:Gender-related
Gender-related_violence
following the 1967 general election, before its decline after Rajaji's death in 1972, and dissolving in 1974. I cannot decide how much to borrow, what
Economy_of_India
Research suggests a complex relationship
increase in reported dowry deaths. Wet shocks, periods of excessive rainfall, reportedly have no significant impact on dowry deaths. The study also found
Climate_change_and_crime
Cylindrical cigar without a filter
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Act of killing one's sister
rivalry and resulting physical aggression can get out of hand and lead to the death of one of them, particularly when a potent weapon is available or one is
Sororicide
Supposed sexual right of medieval lords
lord claims the jus primae noctis unless he receives part of the bride's dowry. The only medieval legal document to mention this practice is Article 9
Droit_du_seigneur
Diaspora of environmental pollution in Indian Ganges
fasted to death, protesting against the pollutive riverbed quarrying of the Ganges in the district of Haridwar, Uttarakhand. Following his death in June
Pollution_of_the_Ganges
Overview of rape classified with regard to gender
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Historical female courtesans in India
wealthy patrons. Only once a relationship was terminated, either due to the death of their patron or a mutual decision to part ways, would a tawaif look to
Tawaif
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Indian Supreme Court ruling of 2014
498A was enacted, together with Section 304B on dowry deaths, to combat the threat of rising dowry deaths and violence against married women by their in-laws
Arnesh_Kumar_Guidelines
2012 video game
Home Affairs, Government of India, reports that there were about 8,172 dowry death cases registered in India in 2008. This represents an increase of 14
Angry_Brides
belief the victim has brought dishonour upon the family or community. The death of the victim is viewed as a way to restore the reputation and honour of
Honour_killing_in_Pakistan
Youth wing of the Indian National Congress
family planning, and fought against domestic violence and dowry deaths. After the death of Sanjay Gandhi, Rajiv Gandhi took over in charge of the Youth
Indian_Youth_Congress
Rank used by several police forces
as the investigative officer (IO) in instances involving terrorism, dowry deaths, atrocities against scheduled caste, and corruption. The IPS rank of
Deputy superintendent of police
Deputy_superintendent_of_police
Act of killing one's wife or girlfriend
higher than rates of mariticide (the murder of a husband). Of the 2340 deaths at the hands of intimate partners in the US in 2007, female victims made
Uxoricide
committed every three minutes, a woman is raped every 29 minutes, a dowry death occurs every 77 minutes, and one case of cruelty committed by either
Women_in_India
Form of female genital mutilation
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South Asian hand-made cigarette
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Beedi
Deliberate killing of newborn female children
regions where women are not employed in agriculture and regions in which dowries are the norm. In 1871, in The Descent of Man, and Selection in Relation
Female_infanticide
Famine in British India during World War II
after a record rice harvest that December. Deaths from starvation declined, yet over half the famine-related deaths occurred in 1944 after the food security
Bengal_famine_of_1943
Money or other form of wealth paid by a groom or his family to the family of the bride
Bride price, bride-dowry, bride-wealth, bride service or bride token, is money, property, or other form of wealth paid by a groom or his family to the
Bride_price
Indian serial killer
unable to pay dowry or were unable to find suitable husbands. Kumar would offer these women that he would marry them without asking for a dowry. He would
Mohan_Kumar_(serial_killer)
Prosecutions for witchcraft in Europe
half took place in France, where it was the usual way of explaining royal deaths in the direct Capetian line. The papacy of John XXII was another engine
Witch trials in the early modern period
Witch_trials_in_the_early_modern_period
Deliberate killing of female newborns in Pakistan
transfer of a dowry from the bride's family to a groom's family. Conflicts related to dowry often lead to violence. At over 2000 dowry-related deaths per year
Female infanticide in Pakistan
Female_infanticide_in_Pakistan
4. Gender Inequality – Need for Equality Gender inequality remains a challenge
gender violence include those that are dowry-related and honor killings. NCRB report states 8,233 dowry deaths in the country in 2012. Honor killings
Gender_inequality_in_India
healthy new empowerment for women." Child marriage in India Dowry system in India Dowry death Hindu joint family Inter-caste marriage General: Arranged
Arranged marriage in the Indian subcontinent
Arranged_marriage_in_the_Indian_subcontinent
Murder of females in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico
evidence of reporting} Reid Winslow The Dead Bell 2021 (novel) Debbie Nathan, "Death Comes to the Maquilas: a Border Story," The Nation. January 13, 1997 Howard
Femicide_in_Ciudad_Juárez
Form of violent assault
common. Wikimedia Commons has media related to Acid attacks. Caste system Dowry death Femicide Islam and domestic violence Sangita Magar Sati Zelyonka attack
Acid_attack
Culturally recognised union between people
in that country. The opposite practice of dowry has been linked to a high level of violence (see Dowry death) and to crimes such as extortion. Historically
Marriage
Indian women's rights activist
murdered in a dowry death, Aapa was inspired to start a life of feminist activism, working alongside other Indian women and mothers to combat dowry murders
Shahjehan_Aapa
Apparatus, equipment, or furnishing used for a particular activity
included in her dowry. The term originated in Roman law, but ultimately comes from Greek παράφερνα (parápherna), "beyond (para) the dowry (phernē)". These
Paraphernalia
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Indian dark rum
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Old_Monk
Misconduct of a sexual nature; legal term in some jurisdictions
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Sexual_misconduct
Act of forcing a woman or girl to become pregnant against her will
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Forced_pregnancy
Form of acquaintance rape and dating violence
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Date_rape
Place of temporary protection and support for women
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Women's_shelter
Official designations given to various groups of indigenous people in India
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Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes
Scheduled_Castes_and_Scheduled_Tribes
Varied tribal groups in the Indian subcontinent
the justification for their children working for the zamindar after the death of the initial borrower. In the case of the Andamanese adivasis, their protective
Adivasi
1978 film by John Guillermin
maid Louise Bourget was bitter that her mistress refused her a promised dowry; Pennington, who was trying to hide his embezzlement; kleptomaniac American
Death_on_the_Nile_(1978_film)
Third gender of South Asian cultures
Aravan, followed by Aravan's subsequent sacrifice. They then mourn Aravan's death through ritualistic dances and by breaking their bangles. An annual beauty
Hijra_(South_Asia)
Act of killing one's own mother
1954, in which 16-year-old Pauline Parker bludgeoned her mother Honorah to death with the assistance of Parker's 15-year-old friend Juliet Hulme. This case
Matricide
Overview of and topical guide to domestic violence
– men's rights movement that asserts misuse of India's laws related to dowry harassment and domestic violence and provides moral and legal support for
Outline_of_domestic_violence
Indian social activist, writer and academic
years, following the death of her father. During this time, she joined a protest with activist Pramila Dandavate against a dowry death, and then began conducting
Ranjana_Kumari
Woman who committed sati
2307/2659117. JSTOR 2659117. S2CID 162498846. Sen, Mala (2002). Death by Fire: Sati, Dowry Death, and Female Infanticide in Modern India. Rutgers University
Rani_Sati
Concept of marriage in Hindu tradition
life. Dowry, the practice of the bride's family gifting property or money to her husband, is still prevalent despite the enactment of the Dowry Prohibition
Marriage_in_Hinduism
Type of Indian non-governmental organisation
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Resident_welfare_association
Children's rights in India
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Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
Right_of_Children_to_Free_and_Compulsory_Education_Act,_2009
Hindu temple in Rajasthan, India
2307/2659117. JSTOR 2659117. S2CID 162498846. Sen, Mala (2002). Death by Fire: Sati, Dowry Death, and Female Infanticide in Modern India. Rutgers University
Rani_Sati_Temple
Pregnancy termination based on predicted sex
(1995). Dowry Deaths and Access to Justice in Kali's Yug: Empowerment, Law and Dowry Deaths. pp. 36, 38. Diwan P, Diwan P (1997). Law Relating to Dowry, Dowry
Sex-selective_abortion
Collective sexual assault in public
raped multiple times by different men, and that she had been strangled to death, as well as being hit in the head with a heavy stone The main culprit was
Mass_sexual_assault
Occurrence of poliomyelitis in Pakistan
Pakistan by the World Health Organization (WHO) in the 1970s to combat deaths from six vaccine-preventable diseases. In 1980, the EPI had vaccinated just
Polio_in_Pakistan
1992 atrocity by police against the villagers of Vachathi, Tamil Nadu, India
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Vachathi_case
Female spouse; woman who is married
conflicts related to their payment sometimes result in violence, such as dowry deaths and bride burning. In some cultures, particularly in the Anglophone West
Wife
Landfill in India
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Ghazipur_landfill
India's social structure till the 20th century
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Indian_feudalism
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Prostitution_in_India
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Pregnancy caused from the result of rape
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1972 custodial rape case in India
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Type of murder
community for failing to perform their "duty". Honor killings, along with dowry killings (most of which are committed in South Asia), gang-related murderings
Honor_killing
Hungarian princess and Christian saint
married at the age of 14, and widowed at 20. After her husband's death, she regained her dowry, using the money to build a hospital where she herself served
Elizabeth_of_Hungary
Indian caste found predominantly in Maharashtra
Jethmalani & P.K. Dey (1995). Dowry Deaths and Access to Justice in Kali's Yug: Empowerment, Law and Dowry Deaths. pp. 36, 38. "Dowry, child marriage issues
Maratha_(caste)
(1945–2021), was the most prolific polygamous man of the sect. At the time of his death in 2021, he had 38 wives, 89 children and 33 grandchildren. But polygamy
Polygyny_in_India
2009 murders in Kingston, Ontario, Canada
claimed that she feared for her life during the days leading up to her death. Tooba allegedly said to Rona, "You are a slave; you are a servant." Reportedly
Shafia_family_murders
Box to collect items for married life
A hope chest, also called dowry chest, cedar chest, trousseau chest, or glory box, is a piece of furniture once commonly used by unmarried young women
Hope_chest
Former Chinese custom
infection deliberately. Disease inevitably followed infection, meaning that death from septic shock could result from foot binding, and a surviving girl was
Foot_binding
Suicide of an Indian engineer
At the time of his death, he had attended 120 hearings in 3 years and was facing 6 cases, including for domestic violence and dowry harassment. On 9 December
Suicide_of_Atul_Subhash
Intentional killing of trans women
trans women. Notably, sex workers comprised 34% of these deaths, with most of the overall deaths occurring in Latin America. Femicide, understood as the
Transfemicide
Act of sexual abuse
sexual coercion or rape (section 177), the offender causes the victim's death at least recklessly, the penalty is imprisonment for life or imprisonment
Sexual_assault
accumulated once the employee reaches the statutory retirement age. In case of death or disability during work, the dependent or the disabled employee gets a
Social_security_in_India
Violent acts against women and girls
the dowry provided by her family. Dowry death refers to women and girls being killed or committing suicide due to disputes regarding dowry. Dowry violence
Violence_against_women
Indian television genre
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