International Journal of Scientific Research and Engineering Development

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Dowry and Domestic Violence: An Evidence from Jammu Region of J&K India



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Published Issue : Volume-4 Issue-1
Year of Publication : 2021
Unique Identification Number : IJSRED-V4I1P75
Authors : Rayees Ahmad Lone, Dr.Usha Vaidya
: Click Here | DOI : https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4540202


Abstract :

Marriage is an important ceremony which unites two bodies and two souls. It’s a lifelong bonding of a man and a woman but to the great extent, the major evil is of "dowry culture” in our society. Demand of dowry is a serious problem in Indian marriages; it is a deep and strong rooted social evil. As we are living in the 21st century but the truth still persists that the women in our society have been ill-treated since ages. After or before marriage a woman has bereft of her own identity and looked upon to her family members or on husband for basic requirements. This study defines the relation between dowry demands and domestic violence. At least, forty cases of dowry related domestic violence were studied here from Jammu region of Jammu and Kashmir UT, India. Most of the women in this study experienced dowry related domestic violence faced early marriage(52.5%), from rural background (55%), have a lower household income (55% cases) and not working (92.5%). Majority of cases reported in the early years of marriage (55%), and they were from lower educational background. The result of this study indicates that Economic empowerment, together with higher education and modified cultural norms may protect the women from such evil.