A 29-year-old woman from Ghaziabad, UP, who taught at a Delhi school, recently committed suicide following dowry harassment by her husband and in-laws. In her suicide note, she said that her husband, ...

Join the Banjara community's awareness program in Yadgir tomorrow to combat dowry and promote respect for female children.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A page from an Indian college textbook is going viral for stating that “ugly looking girls can be married off with an attractive ...

Dr. Komal Saini's wedding video went viral, capturing a groom's powerful stance against the dowry system. He respectfully returned the majority of the cash offering, moving the bride's father to tears ...

Dowries have a history that dates back to medieval India when they served as a way to financially support daughters after their marriage. The British administration back then institutionalised the ...

A woman radiologist's social media post has gone viral after she alleged that prospective grooms' families demanded Rs 50 ...

Five years after his eldest daughter married, Nawal Paswan, 41, is still paying off interest on a hefty loan of Rs 300,000 (US$3,000) for the dowry. Paswan, a construction worker from southern Nepal ...

A frail figure, heavily bandaged, lies on a bed at Bir Hospital in Kathmandu. She has a distant expression on her face which is writ large with the fatigue from her excruciating trauma. Rihana Sheikh ...