5 Jan 1992 5 minute read
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... and often most oppressive of women. So the British in India encouraged the dowry system, arranged marriages and ... 30) get the vote in Britain. The US followed in 1920. In India Provincial Assemblies were allowed to enfranchise women ...
5 Jan 1992 4 minute read
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... 9.6 6.3 5.3 34.4 34.5 1.4 Kenya Mozambique Argentina Cuba India Mexico Iraq China 3.5 - 8.6 - 4.3 5.0 - 22.6 1.7 16.0 ... Reports of domestic violence are increasing worldwide . India had 999 registered cases of women murdered in dowry ... is estimated at 23 per cent in the US and 33 per cent in India. . When women do the same work as men they get paid ...
5 Jan 1992 8 minute read
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... or their sisters in Jamaica, St. Kitts-Nevis, Haiti, India, Singapore, China or Ireland. Although low paid, ...