While many of the following countries have enforced laws banning dowry because of the death toll to women, it is still legal in Britain:
- India. In India, dowry was banned in 1961 under the Dowry Prohibition Act.
- Pakistan. Pakistan has passed five separate laws making dowry illegal. …
- Nepal. …
- Kenya. …
- Greece. …
- Australia. …
- Sri Lanka.
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Victoria is a state in south-eastern Australia. Victoria is Australia’s most densely populated state and its second-most populous state overall. Melbourne is the capital.
Australia – Dowry Abuse Legislation Passed in Victoria
16 August 2018 – After much campaigning to introduce anti-dowry legislation in Australia, the Victorian Parliament passed the Family Violence Protection and Other Matters Bill 2018 earlier this month. The Bill will come into effect in December 2018 and will make Victoria the first Australian state to outlaw dowry abuse and recognise “abuse to demand or receive a dowry, either before or after a marriage” as a form of domestic and family violence. The Bill achieves this by redefining the meaning of family violence to include “using coercion, threats, physical abuse or emotional or psychological abuse to demand or receive a dowry, either before or after a marriage”. This means that women who are experiencing dowry-related coercion, emotional, verbal or physical abuse will be able to report the abuse to police. The Bill has now passed to the Governor for royal assent.
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