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  2. Domestic violence in India - Wikipedia

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    Domestic violence in India includes any form of violence suffered by a person from a biological relative but typically is the violence suffered by a woman by male members of her family or relatives. [1] [2] Although men also suffer domestic violence, the law under IPC 498A specifically protects only women. Specifically only a woman can file a ...

  3. Bride burning - Wikipedia

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    The Indian author Rajesh Talwar has written a play on dowry deaths titled The Bride Who Would Not Burn. [12] In 1961, the government of India passed the Dowry Prohibition Act, making the dowry demands in wedding arrangements illegal. [13] In 1986, the Indian Parliament added dowry deaths as a new domestic violence crime. According to the new ...

  4. Violence against women in India - Wikipedia

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    Domestic violence is also known as domestic abuse, spousal abuse, battering, family violence, dating abuse and intimate partner violence (IPV). Domestic violence can be physical, emotional, verbal, economic and sexual abuse. Domestic violence can be subtle, coercive or violent. As politician Renuka Choudary says, in India, 70% of women are ...

  5. Domestic violence - Wikipedia

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    In Australia, domestic violence refers to occurrences of violence in domestic settings between people in intimate relationships. [272] The term can be altered by each state's legislation and can broaden the spectrum of domestic violence, such as in Victoria, where familial relationships and witnessing any type of violence in the family is ...

  6. Dowry system in India - Wikipedia

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    The Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 ("Domestic Violence Act") was passed in order to provide a civil law remedy for the protection of women from domestic violence in India. [6] The Domestic Violence Act encompasses all forms of physical, verbal, emotional, economic and sexual abuse and forms a subset of the anti-dowry laws ...

  7. Dowry death - Wikipedia

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    Dowry deaths are found predominantly in India, [1] Pakistan, [2] Bangladesh, and Iran. For context, dowry are the material exchange that the brides give the groom's side in the course of a wedding. [3] [4] [5] India reports the highest total number of dowry deaths with 8,391 such deaths reported in 2010, meaning there are 1.4 deaths per 100,000 ...

  8. Gang rape of a tourist in India highlights its struggle to ...

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    Rape and sexual violence have been under the spotlight since the brutal 2012 gang rape and killing of a 23-year-old student on a New Delhi bus. The attack galvanized massive protests and inspired ...

  9. Category:Violence against women in India - Wikipedia

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    0–9. 2006 Noida serial murders; 2008 Kandhamal nun gang rape case; 2009 Mangalore pub attack; 2012 Guwahati molestation case; 2012 Mangalore homestay attack