Read more dowry stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/25065/dowry.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 4:36:55 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/71434/in-rural-india-mr-right-must-have-a-toilet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndia's economy may be booming, but 665 million people in the world's second-largest nation have no access to indoor plumbing—not only an inconvenience, but a health hazard that leads to diarrhea, typhoid, and malaria. But these days, newly assertive rural women are insisting that suitors have a toilet before...http://www.newser.com/story/71434/in-rural-india-mr-right-must-have-a-toilet.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Oct 2009 7:17:21 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/66455/kenyan-to-chelsea-marry-me-get-free-livestock.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagHoping for Chelsea Clinton’s hand in marriage, a Kenyan man offered a dowry of 40 goats and 20 cows in 2000. Now, he's renewing the offer and America's top diplomat mom has gotten involved: “She's very independent," responded Hillary Clinton, asked about the offer, at a Nairobi town hall meeting....http://www.newser.com/story/66455/kenyan-to-chelsea-marry-me-get-free-livestock.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 09 Aug 2009 11:15:25 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/56226/saudis-to-crack-down-after-man-weds-8-year-old.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAmid an uproar over an adult man’s marriage to an 8-year-old girl, Saudi Arabia will begin regulating child marriage, the BBC reports. The country’s justice minister wants to end the “arbitrary” process, he said, though he didn’t say such matches would be banned. A court upheld the marriage provided the...http://www.newser.com/story/56226/saudis-to-crack-down-after-man-weds-8-year-old.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 15 Apr 2009 8:54:56 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47869/cops-bust-dad-who-married-off-girl-14-for-beer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSomething got lost in translation when a California man arranged for his 14-year-old daughter to marry an 18-year-old neighbor in exchange for cash, beer, and meat, reports the San Jose Mercury News. When the bridegroom failed to pay the promised $16,000, 160 cases of beer, and six cases of...http://www.newser.com/story/47869/cops-bust-dad-who-married-off-girl-14-for-beer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 6:24:03 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/46022/saudi-girl-8-cant-divorce-husband-58-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAn 8-year-old Saudi girl will remain married to her 58-year-old husband after a court struck down her mother’s request for a divorce, the Daily Mail reports. The hard-up father, who is divorced from the mother, signed a contract in August and received a dowry of about $7,400. The court...http://www.newser.com/story/46022/saudi-girl-8-cant-divorce-husband-58-court.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 22 Dec 2008 14:10:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/22953/more-afghan-families-using-girls-to-pay-debt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagBesieged by debt, more Afghan farmers are paying lenders by handing over their girls as "loan brides," Newsweek reports. Often taken from their families forever, the girls—some younger than 5 years old—are commonly beaten or pushed to suicide by their fate. "My heart is still with my parents,...http://www.newser.com/story/22953/more-afghan-families-using-girls-to-pay-debt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 30 Mar 2008 18:24:26 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/20715/india-will-pay-families-for-daughters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIndia will start handing out cash to families in return for raising daughters, reports AFP. The culture's preference for sons results in sex-selection abortions, which are illegal but have skewed the country's sex ratio. Poor families with girls in states with the worst sex ratios will receive a series of...http://www.newser.com/story/20715/india-will-pay-families-for-daughters.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 04 Mar 2008 14:10:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/20629/iranian-owes-wife-124k-roses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThere is something worse than forgetting Valentine's Day—being a tightfisted husband. An Iranian court has ordered a man to immediately send his wife 124,000 roses or risk imprisonment, the BBC reports. The roses were promised to his wife as part of her dowry, which she can legally claim...http://www.newser.com/story/20629/iranian-owes-wife-124k-roses.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 03 Mar 2008 16:25:00 CST