Dowry, Women, and Law in Bangladesh
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12583151 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Farah Deeba Chowdhury (University of Rajshahi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 198-221 |
| Publication date | 2010-04-21 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | International Journal of Law Policy and the Family (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1360-9939 • E-ISSN: 1464-3707 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/lawfam/ebq003 |
| OpenAlex | W2032821696 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 21 |
| References cited | 9 |
Dowry increased with the expansion of capitalist relations that help capital accumulation by men in Bangladesh. It has been turned into ‘demand, extortion, material gain, and profit maximization’. The most common motives behind the dowry system are the grooms’ and their families’ greed, growing consumerism, excessive materialism, the need for status seeking, and rising expectations of a better and luxurious life. The dowry system has shifted as a result of women's increasing paid labour force activity. In most of the cases, husbands or in-laws control and appropriate women's income. Husbands consider their wives’ income as a source of wealth accumulation. This must be acknowledged as reality and the Dowry Prohibition Act amended. In this article I argue that appropriation of wives’ income or controlling wives’ income should be considered as dowry and therefore as a criminal offence
Appropriation · Capital (architecture · Dowry · Economics · Extortion · Geography · Labour economics · Political science · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences · Gender and Women's Rights · Marriage and Sexual Relationships · Law
Gender stereotypes and education
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Poverty, dowry and the ‘good match’
Child marriage, climate vulnerability and natural disasters in coastal Bangladesh
When singing strengthens the capacity to aspire
Understanding Economic Abuse Through an Intersectional Lens
Dowry, the Oppression of Women and Femicide in Bangladesh
A Pregnancy Decision-Making Model
Estimating the relationship between prolonged weather variability and accelerated marriage in Bangladesh
Are climate challenges reinforcing child and forced marriage and dowry as adaptation strategies in the context of Bangladesh
Son preference and health disparities in developing countries
Oppressed Within the Oppressed
High Rates of Suicide and Violence in the Lives of Girls and Young Women in Bangladesh
Causes and Contexts of Domestic Violence
Factors Influencing Choices for Early Marriage in Urban Informal Settlements of Bangladesh
The nexus between extreme weather events, sexual violence, and early marriage
Trend of child marriage in Bangladesh
Domestic Violence in Sylhet, Bangladesh
Changing norms about gender inequality in education
Achieving gender equality through challenging social norms
The Moral Economy of Microfinance in Rural Bangladesh
Theorising Patriarchy
The socio‐cultural context of child marriage in a Bangladeshi village
The efffects of migration and work on marriage of female garment workers in Bangladesh
Women's Capabilities and the Right to Education in Bangladesh
Dowry in Bangladesh
Implications for Women of Changing Marriage Transactions in Bangladesh
Women's Employment in Urban Bangladesh
Women, Wages and Intra-household Power Relations in Urban Bangladesh
Culture, Social Class, and Income Control in the Lives of Women Garment Workers in Bangladesh
| Unique citing works | 21 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,75 |
| Citation span | 2014 - 2025 (12) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 21 |