Orange the World says UN women

End violence agains women. This year’s theme to mark the International Day to End Violence against Women and the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence is “Orange the World – raise funds to end violence against women”. The colour orange symbolizes a better future without this pervasive human rights violation that affects 1 in […]

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Continuing cultural tradition of dowry without harm

Dowry is a big factor in enforcing patriarchy and gender inequality in new marriages. Dowry endows as end of entitlement in men. In some cultures like the South Asian cultures it is the bride who gives dowry while in others like the African cultures the man gives dowry to the bride’s father and extended family. […]

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Three Wise Monkeys and The Evil of Dowry

Hundreds of thousands of Rupees in cash being handed to an Australian-Indian groom in an arranged marriage by the bride’s father as dowry. See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil is a strategy adopted by the Indian society in relation to the cancer that is dowry problems, dowry related domestic violence and dowry […]

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