{"id":362469,"date":"2026-07-18T22:00:20","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/india-banned-dowries-decades-ago-so-why-are-they-causing-womens-deaths-dw-news\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T22:00:20","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T21:00:20","slug":"india-banned-dowries-decades-ago-so-why-are-they-causing-womens-deaths-dw-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/india-banned-dowries-decades-ago-so-why-are-they-causing-womens-deaths-dw-news\/","title":{"rendered":"India banned dowries decades ago. So why are they causing women&#8217;s deaths? | DW News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/sd6sO0lOxcI\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"India banned dowries decades ago. So why are they causing women's deaths? | DW News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sd6sO0lOxcI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>Dowries have been illegal in India for more than 60 years. Yet activists say the practice remains deeply embedded in society, and women continue to face harassment, abuse and even death when their husbands&#8217; families demand more.<\/p>\n<p>The death of former model and actress Twisha Sharma, whose family alleges she was killed over dowry demands, has reignited a national debate about one of India&#8217;s most persistent forms of gender-based violence. Her husband and mother-in-law deny wrongdoing and remain in judicial custody while the case is under investigation.<\/p>\n<p>In this report, DW News speaks to a survivor of alleged dowry abuse, visits one of India&#8217;s longest-running women&#8217;s shelters, and examines why campaigners say legal reforms have failed to eradicate the practice. We also explore the social and economic pressures that continue to fuel dowry demands despite decades of legislation.<\/p>\n<p>Chapters:<br \/>\n00:00 The hidden reality of dowry abuse<br \/>\n00:21 A survivor tells her story<br \/>\n00:48 What is a dowry?<br \/>\n01:16 Inside a shelter for survivors<br \/>\n01:53 Why activists say the practice continues<br \/>\n02:44 The Twisha Sharma case<br \/>\n03:27 Fighting silence through community action<br \/>\n04:14 &quot;I want to be independent&quot;<br \/>\n05:43 Why do dowry deaths still happen?<br \/>\n06:28 Why has public outrage faded?<br \/>\n09:08 How dowry became an economic demand<br \/>\n12:35 What needs to change?<br \/>\n13:22 Is there hope for reform?<\/p>\n<p>#india #dowrydeath #dowry #dwcurrentaffairs <\/p>\n<p>For more news go to: http:\/\/www.dw.com\/en\/<\/p>\n<p>Follow DW on social media:<br \/>\n\u25baInstagram: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baTikTok: https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@dwnews<br \/>\n\u25baFacebook: https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/deutschewellenews\/<br \/>\n\u25baTwitter: https:\/\/twitter.com\/dwnews<\/p>\n<p>F\u00fcr Videos in deutscher Sprache besuchen Sie: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/dwdeutsch<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/deutschewelleenglish?sub_confirmation=1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dowries have been illegal in India for more than 60 years. Yet activists say the practice remains deeply embedded in society, and women continue to face harassment, abuse and even death when their husbands&#8217; families demand more. The death of former model and actress Twisha Sharma, whose family alleges she was killed over dowry demands, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":362470,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[130889],"tags":[],"actors":[],"class_list":["post-362469","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dw-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>India banned dowries decades ago. 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