Dowry deaths are the deaths of young women who are murdered or driven to suicide by continuous harassment and torture by husbands and in-laws in an effort to extort an increased dowry. Dowry deaths are reported in various South Asian countries such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Dowry death is considered one of the many categories of violence against women in South Asia. Most dowry deaths occur when the young woman, unable to bear the harassment and torture, commits suicide.

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  • Dowry deaths are the deaths of young women who are murdered or driven to suicide by continuous harassment and torture by husbands and in-laws in an effort to extort an increased dowry. Dowry deaths are reported in various South Asian countries such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Dowry death is considered one of the many categories of violence against women in South Asia. Most dowry deaths occur when the young woman, unable to bear the harassment and torture, commits suicide. Most of these suicides are by hanging, poisoning or by fire. Sometimes the woman is killed by setting her on fire; this is known as "bride burning", and sometimes disguised as suicide or accident. According to Indian police, every year it receives over 2,500 reports of bride-burning, while human rights organisations in Pakistan report over 300 deaths per year. The Indian National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) reports that there were about 6787 dowry death cases registered in India in 2005. Incidents of dowry deaths during the year 2005 (6,787) have increased significantly by 46.0 per cent over 1995 level (4,648). However, the increase was marginal (0.1%) over quinquennial average of 2000-2004 and there was a decline by 3.4 per cent (7,026) compared to year 2005. The bureau, reported a total of 2,276 female suicides due to dowry disputes in 2006, that is six a day on an average .
  • Hemgiftsmord är ett mord där en man dödar sin hustru om han inte fått den hemgift som han önskat. Hemgiftsmord har bland annat förekommit i Indien. Myndigheterna räknar med att många dödsfall som beskrivs som olyckor i hemmet eller självmord, egentligen är hemgiftsmord. Eftersom hemgift som krav för äktenskap är förbjudet i Indien sedan 1961, men fortfarande har traditionellt stöd, är det vanligt att lagen kringgås med påstått frivilliga gåvor. Det innebär att vissa män får mindre hemgift än de önskar.
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  • Dowry deaths are the deaths of young women who are murdered or driven to suicide by continuous harassment and torture by husbands and in-laws in an effort to extort an increased dowry. Dowry deaths are reported in various South Asian countries such as India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh. Dowry death is considered one of the many categories of violence against women in South Asia. Most dowry deaths occur when the young woman, unable to bear the harassment and torture, commits suicide.
  • Hemgiftsmord är ett mord där en man dödar sin hustru om han inte fått den hemgift som han önskat. Hemgiftsmord har bland annat förekommit i Indien. Myndigheterna räknar med att många dödsfall som beskrivs som olyckor i hemmet eller självmord, egentligen är hemgiftsmord. Eftersom hemgift som krav för äktenskap är förbjudet i Indien sedan 1961, men fortfarande har traditionellt stöd, är det vanligt att lagen kringgås med påstått frivilliga gåvor.
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  • Dowry death
  • Hemgiftsmord
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