Betsy Olson

PHYSICAL VIOLENCE

AGAINST WOMEN

CATEGORY: DOWRY

DEATH

Bride Burning

Child Marriage

Female Feticide

Dowry Demands

DOWRY DEATH ACROSS THE GLOBE

In many Bride Burning cases, the females are

burned to death so that the males may find a

new bride.

Bride Burning in most of the time the outcome

from a Dowry that did not satisfy the groom.

Often time when an incident where a bride is

burned occurs, it is blamed on a house fire or

supposed accident.

BRIDE BURNING

CHILD MARRIAGE

Southern Asia 48%

Africa 42%

Latin America and Caribbean

29%

Country % Girls married before age 18

Child brides a more likely to have health problems,

remain uneducated, live in poverty, and die young.

Some of the effects from child marriage include the

following:

• Premature Pregnancy

• Maternal Mortality

• Infant Mortality

• Health Problems

• HIV/Aids

• Illiteracy

• Poverty

• Abuse and Violence

• Mental Health

• Isolated and Abandoned

Female Feticide is the killing of a fetus

In 2001, India’s census showed a dramatic drop in the number of females

The old tradition of Dowry payment often leave parents with little choice other than avoiding having a daughter.

Sex termination of a fetus was then banned, but it still is a major problem today.

FEMALE FETICIDE

Dowry is money or values paid to the husband to be from the brides family. Today dowry is no longer legal, but that doesn’t mean that it never happens. Many grooms even demand more money from the brides family before and after the wedding.

If the Dowry isn’t paid or isn’t as much as the groom wanted, physical violence along with murder usually occurs.

A majority of problems that occur regarding Dowry occur in India, but Pakistan and Bangladesh are also major countries that factor into the problems with Dowry death.

DOWRY

Each of these things are contributing factors to the

death of females. The Dowry brings each of these

topics, Bride Burning, Child Marriage, and Female

Feticide together as one because they are all a part

of the big issue here which is Dowry Death.

Even though there are laws against each of these

things, the cultural ties to them seem to be stronger

than the laws themselves. They still are predominant

among many cultures, especially in the countries of

India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.

DOWRY DEATH

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