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Hindu brides participate in a mass wedding ceremony in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, India, in December 2009. Despite being outlawed more than 60 years ago, dowry remains deeply entrenched in India’s patriarchal society, fueling violence that kills around 20 women every day.

COMMENTARY / World

Sep 7, 2025

Dowry-related violence continues to claim the lives of India’s daughters

An average of 20 women die every day from dowry-related violence in the country, according to official statistics.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

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