Kalampur a small village of Dhamrai, Savar, Dhaka was chosen for this topic and a survey was run. The findings has been presented in this presentation. This was done for the Course of IR 303: Women and Gender Studies of Dept. of IR, Jahangirnagar University. Qualitative data collection and sampling technique was used for this research.

2. HISTORICAL EUROPEAN ASIAN RELIGIOUS SOCIAL
BACKGROUND

4. EUROPEAN

5. Dowry system started
in the 5th Century
16th century Russian book
“THE DOMOSTROY“ gave
instruction about Dowry

7. RELIGIOUS

8. SOCIAL

10. 1945-1960 2003
1990-1996
1975-1990
1960-1975
3% 67%
61%
44%
11%

12. Rural Bangladesh
62%
1986-1991
12,700/-
TK Time Period
Average Payment
Magnitude

13. To find out the primal factor behind dowry taking
To find out which kind of people/group takes dowry most
To explore preventing measures
OBJECTIVES

14. Interview Focus Group
Discussion

16. Educational qualification of the participant
Illiterate Primary Level Secondary Level Bachelor or above
26.53%
16.33%34.69%
22.45%

17. Reason behind taking dowry
Financial Hardship Social Status Business Capital Tradition
55.10%
12.24%
14.29%
18.37%