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Dowry Violence
- 2. DOWRY VIOLENCE: AN INTRODUCTION •WHATIS DOWRY? •WHERE DID IT COME INTO OUR CULTURE FROM? •WHAT HAS IT TURNED INTO OVER THE YEARS?
- 3. “OVER THE YEARSDOWRY HAS BECOME A FORM OF PSYCHOLOGICAL, PHYSICAL, AND FINANCIAL VIOLENCE NOT ONLY AGAINST WOMEN BUT ALSO ANY MAN WHO IS A GUARDIAN OF A WOMAN”
- 4. DOWRY IN ISLAMICPERSPECTIVE • PAKISTAN IS A MUSLIM MAJORITY COUNTRY, AND THE TRADITION OF DOWRY HAS BEEN ADOPTED FROM HINDUISM. • DOWRY IS NOT ISLAMIC. • THERE IS NO RECORD OF THE HOLY PROPHET (S.A.W) TAKING OR GIVING ANY FORM OF DOWRY WHILE MARRYING OR GETTING HIS (S.A.W) DAUGHTERS MARRIED. “THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE WORD IN ARABIC FOR DOWRY, AND THE ONLY THING CLOSELY RELATED TO IT IS THE MAHR WHICH IS ACTUALLY GIVEN TO THE BRIDE BY THE BRIDEGROOM AT THE TIME OF MARRIAGE”
- 5. WHY IS DOWRYA FORM OF VIOLENCE? • THE FACT IS THAT, “WHEN A GIFT BECOMES A DEMAND, THEN IT IS A FORM OF VIOLENCE.”
- 6. THE EFFECT OFDOWRY ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN “DOWRY DIRECTLY LOWERS THE STATUS OF WOMEN” • DAUGHTERS ARE VIEWED AS A BURDEN FROM THE TIME OF BIRTH • SONS ARE VALUED MORE THAN DAUGHTERS • WOMEN LOWER THEIR STANDARDS OF SPOUSES IN DESPERATION • UNDER AGED MARRIAGES • MISMATCHES IN MARRIAGE • GIRLS BECOME OVERAGED AND SOME CANNOT GET MARRIED AT ALL
- 7. EFFECT OF DOWRYON SOCIETY DOWRY EFFECTS ALL CLASSES OF SOCIETY. • OVERALL DEPRESSION • INFERIORITY COMPLEXES • PSYCHOLOGICAL EFFECTS ON THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD IT • GREED • UNREALISTIC DEMANDS FROM THE BRIDEGROOMS FAMILY BECAUSE “ GREED DOES NOT HAVE AN END. IF THEY CAN DEMAND ANYTHING THE WILL DEMAND EVERYTHING.”
- 8. WHAT ABOUT THOSEWHO CANNOT AFFORD IT? THEY FACE • VERBAL ABUSE • TAUNTING • PHYSICAL ABUSE • DIVORCE RIGHT AFTER MARRIAGE • EXTREME CASES RESULT IN ‘ACCIDENTS’ THUS, THOSE WHO CANNOT AFFORD IT WILL TAKE LOANS, SELL KIDNEYS ETC.
- 9. THE INTRICATE STRUCTUREOF DOWRY SYSTEM
- 10. CONCLUSION •LAVISH WEDDINGS ARENOT WRONG, BUT IT SHOULD NOT BE THE CONDITION FOR MARRIAGE. •IF ONE CANNOT AFFORD A LUXURIOUS WEDDING THEN THEY DON’T HAVE TO HAVE ONE. •THERE SHOULD NOT BE ANY FEAR REGARDING A SIMPLE WEDDING.
- 11. SPECIAL THANKS TO:MRS. RAKHSHINDA PARVEEN, PRESIDENT OF FADAN (FIGHT AGAINST DOWRY ADVOCACY NETWORK)