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DOWRY:how is the major impediment against WOMEN EMPOWERMENT

 Recently World Bank  published data against dowry system in south asia ,also figure out dowry is one of the biggest social problem in India. It was just about the data, 60years passed  to applied  Dowry Prohibition Act,1961 but still 95%indian Marriages are witnesses of  a dowry. According to WB     an Indian family     spend nearly 14% of their yearly domestic  income  as a dowry amounts. Dowry is like a social stigma that openly endorsed by not only in middle and educational lack areas but also in high class and literate society.  Once we say education is the key factor for ending this disgraceful  system but when we see that cases in Kerala like states where nearly 100% literacy then it got a very disturbing factor for our society.  Recent news in Kerala against dowry death and outrage against married women show us  social status and patriarchy is excessively exist beyond literacy .Oxford defines do...