Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 The Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961 consolidated the anti-dowry laws which had been passed on certain states. This legislation provides for a penalty in section 3 if any person gives, takes or abets giving or receiving of dowry. The punishment could be imprisonment for minimum 5 years and a fine more than Read More…
Safeena Husain is the Founder of Educate Girls – a non-profit organization that she set up in 2007, for a cause that she believes in passionately
“I AM NOT A VICTIM. I AM A SURVIVOR. THE MAN WHO ATTACKED ME WILL COVER HIS FACE, I WON’T.” Like every other girl, she had dreams. She aspired to become a singer and make her parents proud. She was attacked with concentrated acid in Delhi’s Khan Market in 2005 by her acquaintances, Guddu Read More…