Femicide in South Asia - Stratheia Femicide in South Asia persists through dowry deaths in India and honour killings in Pakistan, rooted in patriarchy and weak legal systems.

NCRB reports 1500+ dowry deaths in India in early 2025. Femicide is not tradition—it’s gendered violence.
#Femicide #DowryDeaths #ViolenceAgainstWomen
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Dowry Deaths and Misplaced Notions of Honour Dowry harassment remains a grim reality. In 2022, 13,479 cases were registered under the Dowry Prohibition Act, according to the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) data. In the same year, 6,450 dowr...

Her father, while mourning her, publicly praised her for upholding the principle of “oruvanukku oruthi”, a phrase that goes far beyond monogamy.

This shift in narrative, from dowry violence to honour, is not just misplaced, it’s dangerous.

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Instead of focusing on the harassment that drove her to end her life, parts of the Tamil media have fixated on a voice note she left her father. In it, she reportedly says she couldn’t imagine living with another man after having lived with one...

#Inksights #Dowrydeaths

Alleged Dowry Death: A study of homicidal burns Download Citation | Alleged Dowry Death: A study of homicidal burns | Homicidal burning of married women in India is a major concern for the Government, law-enforcing authorities, the judiciary, the p...

#DowryDeaths
#BRICS #Misogyny #GOP
#CDNpoli
#antiWomanPropaganda
“instead of deterring dowry deaths, the occurrences are increasing day by day …Both parties, that is, the #parents & #in-laws of the deceased, are becoming adept at #ManufacturingCircumstantialEvidence to serve their own interests.“

India Studying 'Accidental' Deaths of Hindu Wives (Published 1989)

well researched for decades:
“…“The #woman has become a kind of a commodity,'' she said. “In her name people can get any number of things.”
The #fatalities of recently married women are often collectively known as #DowryDeaths… #BridesAreNotForBurning’… tampered evidence”
#CDNpoli #BRICS #misogyny