Dowry System In India

India, a land of contrasts. India is a huge land of 1.1 billion inhabitants; it represents 1/6 of the world population. Its capital city is New Delhi. Indians speak many languages like Hindi or English and they practice different religions like Islam or Christianity but the major religion is Hinduism. India is situated in Asia but more precisely in the south of Asia. The different landscapes constitute the reputation but also the tourist attraction of the country like mountains, jungles or deserts

India before the British colonization Portuguese India Vasco da Gama (1498) Vasco de Gama was the first to discover a sea road in 1498. He landed in Calicut in the present-day Indian state of Kerala. At that time there were already Arab merchants and they disagreed to let “Vasco da Gama” stay there. Francisco de Almeida (1505-1509) On March 1505, Francisco de Almeida was appointed “Viceroy of India”. There were only one condition for him, he would set up four forts in south India coast:

de Huye TIP: Trafficking In Person US: United States UNICEF: United Nations Children’s Fund UDHR: Universal Declaration of Human Rights NGO: Non Governmental Organization STD: Sexual Transmissible Disease HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus RDRC: Rwandan Demobilization and Reintegration Commission MIFOTRA: Ministry of Public Serve and Labor 1 INTRODUCTION From the birth of human civilization, human instinct has driven people to move across geographic frontiers, be it in search of food and shelter

nous avons assisté ces dernières décennies à une expansion horizontale et verticale de la pratique de la dot. En effet, cette pratique a été reprise par des religions qui à la base ne pratiquaient pas ce « don ». Celles-ci utilisaient plutôt le système inverse : « le prix de la fiancée ». Cette méthode est exactement à l’opposé de la dot, c’est-à-dire que c’est le garçon lui-même qui doit faire des dons à sa prétendante ainsi que à sa belle-famille dans le but de se marié. Un élément important

An abortion is the termination of a pregnancy by the removal or expulsion from the uterus of a fetus/embryo, resulting in or caused by its death. An abortion can occur spontaneously due to complications during pregnancy or can be induced, in humans and other species. In the context of human pregnancies, an abortion induced to preserve the health of the gravida (pregnant female) is termed a therapeutic abortion, while an abortion induced for any other reason is termed an elective abortion. The term

au développement. Mots-clefs : franchise sociale, politiques publiques d’aide au développement, eau potable, rural ABSTRACT Today, 1.2 billion people lack access to safe drinking water. Most of them live in rural areas in developing countries. The public sector is often failing in its mission and big private operators, on profitability grounds, cannot deliver this basic service. Village inhabitants thus depend on small, often informal, private operators that compensate for the lack of this

family units is almost universal, and often in establishing these marriage partnerships, some form of ceremony is carried out. Further, there are remarkable similarities of thought, ideas, and symbolism across cultures in these ceremonies. The ceremony is usually a public event so that the community to which the couple belong can witness the union—this public aspect of the ceremony is very important in marriage throughout the world. The differences in ceremony usually relate to, and reflect, cultural

MODERN SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Paul Brians GREENWOOD PRESS MODERN SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Recent Titles in Literature as Windows to World Cultures Latino Literature in America Bridget Kevane MODERN SOUTH ASIAN LITERATURE IN ENGLISH Paul Brians Literature as Windows to World Cultures GREENWOOD PRESS Westport, Connecticut • London Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Brians, Paul. Modern South Asian Literature in English / by Paul Brians.

sont responsables de la plus grande partie du déficit, les autres formes de discrimination (notamment l’infanticide féminin) ne jouant plus qu’un rôle mineur. Ces pratiques découlent directement du statut inférieur des femmes dans ces sociétés : système patriarcal, familles patrilinéaires, socialisation encourageant la soumission à leur mari et à leur belle-famille, mariages arrangés... Il faut un fils pour maintenir la famille, perpétuer son nom et en assurer la reproduction sociale et biologique

commerciaux mondiaux. En 20032004, l’Inde était 3ieme producteur mondial et 5ieme exportateur mondial. L’Inde représente donc une puissance économique dans le domaine du sucre. Le pays maîtrise le système de production et de distribution et le porte ainsi aux rangs des puissances émergentes. Le système est encadre par divers organismes commerciaux nationaux, comme l’ISMA (Indian Sugar Mills Association), et par des coopératives. Le développement de nouveaux domaines commerciaux permettent d’élargir