I saw this article today in the LA Times, "Wedded to greed in India", that stated "Despite official efforts, grooms and in-laws still harass, torture and even kill brides over dowries. Rising affluence has only worsened the avarice. The practice of dowry in India goes back thousands of years. Its original intent, scholars say, was to protect women."
The article includes statistics for the violence against women in India: "In 2005, the most recent year for which figures are available, a woman was killed over dowry every 77 minutes in India, according to the National Crime Records Bureau. The total of such homicides was 6,787, but experts suspect that the true figure is much higher, because many dowry killings are not reported. Even when they are, most of the killers go unpunished."
Here's the article:
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-dowry22sep22,1,6075672.story?coll=la-headlines-world&ctrack=2&cset=true
When will Indian women be protected from murder?
2007-09-23
13:15:38
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edith clarke
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Gender Studies