Feb

28

Jharkhand college helps students find suitable grooms - Hindu

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Jharkhand college helps students find suitable grooms
Hindu, India
She says she started it last month with the aim of helping girls from poverty-stricken backgrounds who want to marry without giving any dowry. The college, where over 1000 girls study, has Plus 2, bachelors and masters courses. …

Feb

28

Students can be suitable brides - at this women’s college - Thaindian.com

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Students can be suitable brides - at this women’s college
Thaindian.com, Thailand
She says she started it last month with the aim of helping girls from poverty- stricken backgrounds who want to marry without giving any dowry. The college, where over 1000 girls study, has Plus 2, bachelors and masters courses. …

Feb

28

Why is Muthalik upset? Doesn't he like pink: Renuka - Daily News & Analysis

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Why is Muthalik upset? Doesn't he like pink: Renuka
Daily News & Analysis, India
On men making derogatory comments on women, Chowdhury said: "Hands that wear bangles also take responsibility. Tell a man who taunts you for wearing bangles that he is not even capable of wearing bangles." On dowry she said: "You buy a man when you …

Feb

28

Arranged marriage is here to stay: Survey - Daily News & Analysis

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Arranged marriage is here to stay: Survey
Daily News & Analysis, India
"But the cause for concern is obviously the dowry culture that still exists," he said. Despite dowry laws in place, 58 per cent of young men reported to have received dowry and more than 70 per cent young women said that their families had given dowry …

Feb

28

REGIONAL BRIEFS - Chandigarh Tribune

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REGIONAL BRIEFS
Chandigarh Tribune, India
Family booked for dowry: The local police registered a case of dowry on the complaint of Gunjan, a resident of Saini Vihar, Baltana against her husband Sartaj, a resident of Kharar, and his family members. According to sources, Gunjan alleged that her …

Feb

27

Five of a family get life terms - The Statesman

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Five of a family get life terms
The Statesman, India
Howrah second sessions judge, Mr Dibakar Das held them guilty under Section 498A and 304B of Indian Penal Code (IPC). They also have to pay a fine of Rs 2000 each, failing which they would have to spend six more months in jail. …
Five get life for burning woman alive for dowry Hindu
Life term for dowry death Calcutta Telegraph
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Feb

27

Five get life for burning woman alive for dowry - Hindu

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Five get life for burning woman alive for dowry
Hindu, India
Rina Jaiswal, a resident of Golabari town of Howrah district, was burnt to death by her husband and in-laws for not fulfilling dowry demands. The Howrah court on Friday found Rina's husband Deepak, her mother-in-law and three sisters-in-law guilty of …

Feb

27

On Governor Gaidam’s Bride Price Offer - LeadershipNigeria

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On Governor Gaidam’s Bride Price Offer
LeadershipNigeria, Nigeria
Juliet Bumah and Abimbola Adelakun's 'analyses' of the offer by Governor Ibrahim Gaidam of Yobe State to pay marriage dowry (or bride price) titled Funding Bride Price: The Real Issue which appeared in the PUNCH of Thursday February 19, 2009 not only …

Feb

26

"Beautiful" Rhona remembered - Reading Chronicle

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"Beautiful" Rhona remembered
Reading Chronicle, UK
*Some £270 has been collected for Royal Berkshire Hospital’s Intensive Care Unit, where Rhona died, in her memory. Donations can be made through Miles & Daughters Funeral Directors, Isabella House, 498a Reading Road, Winnersh, RG41 5EX.

Feb

26

Uttarakhand witnesses rise in dowry deaths - Hindu

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Uttarakhand witnesses rise in dowry deaths
Hindu, India
Dehra Dun (PTI): Uttarakhand is becoming unsafe for brides with the latest police data showing that the state has witnessed 27 per cent rise in dowry deaths compared to 2007 even as there has been a drop in rape cases during the same period. …

Feb

26

SUNY Cortland plans Women's History Month events during March - Ithaca Journal

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SUNY Cortland plans Women's History Month events during March
Ithaca Journal, NY
In the Renaissance, expenditures were equally extravagant, but the preparation, performance and price - especially the "bride price" or dowry paid to the groom - were very different. Without a dowry, a woman could not marry or even enter a nunnery, …

Feb

26

Mace: The final frontier for Biff and Punter - Independent Online

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Mace: The final frontier for Biff and Punter
Independent Online, South Africa
The ICC Test Championship trophy, known to those close to it as Miss Mace, is a pretty, young thing, ageless in looks, dripping with silver and gold, easily picked up and cradled by a grown man and made more attractive by a rather handsome dowry. …

Feb

26

Uttarakhand witnesses rise in dowry deaths - Zee News

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Uttarakhand witnesses rise in dowry deaths
Zee News, India
Dehra Dun, Feb 26: Uttarakhand is becoming unsafe for brides with the latest police data showing that the state has witnessed 27 percent rise in dowry deaths compared to 2007 even as there has been a drop in rape cases during the same period. …

Feb

25

Woman consumes poison in court - Daily News & Analysis

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Woman consumes poison in court
Daily News & Analysis, India
He added that Pawar had filed a dowry and harassment case against her husband Shekhar in 2007. "Her brother Dhanaji Nikam said that she was seeking some confidential documents from the court since four months and was depressed because of the delay. …
Woman drinks poison in court, hurls bottle at magistrate Times of India
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Feb

25

'Destiny's Dowry' author to sell, sign books Friday - Gary Post Tribune

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'Destiny's Dowry' author to sell, sign books Friday
Gary Post Tribune, IN
CROWN POINT — Local author Rosemary Gard will be signing and selling her novel, "Destiny's Dowry," in the lower level Courthouse Shops Rotunda during the city's Fourth Friday Arts program from 6 to 9 pm Friday. The book will be on sale for $30, …

Feb

25

Man burnt wife alive over dowry - SamayLive

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Man burnt wife alive over dowry
SamayLive, India
Bijnor (Raj), Feb 25 : Police today arrested a man for allegedly killing his wife over dowry demand by setting her on fire at Kotdwar village in Bijnor. The woman identified as Mehsar was married to Shamsad a month ago, police said. …

Feb

24

Youths urged to organise themselves - The News International

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Youths urged to organise themselves
The News International, Pakistan
They demanded the government abolish outdated custom of dowry and expand employment opportunities for the youth entering 1.5 million labour market every year. They also urged the government to raise wages of apprentices and young workers commensurate …

Feb

24

In-laws see red over `deathly' tale - Times of India

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In-laws see red over `deathly' tale
Times of India, India
He even took the dowry sum of Rs 12 lakh and told her that he wanted to invest it in a house in Mumbai.'' However, months passed and there was no news about Ramanuj. Each time they inquired about him, his family would give excuses about his whereabouts …

Feb

24

Baby sold to pay doctor - Calcutta Telegraph

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Calcutta Telegraph
Baby sold to pay doctor
Calcutta Telegraph, India
The laws on sexual harassment, marriage registration, dowry and sati are stuck in the bureaucratic pipeline, and officials fear the bills may be buried if she fails to return as the minister after the elections. In Andhra, baby sale is rampant in the …

Feb

24

Dancing for themselves - Pembroke Mariner & Reporter

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Dancing for themselves
Pembroke Mariner & Reporter, MA
“Young women would sew their dowry onto their clothes to let men know how much money they had,” she explained. “As they followed the caravans, men could hear the coins jingling from far away, they would know a woman of marriageable age was in the next …
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