Rejection of wife by husband

In India, a women's life is effectively finished if she is rejected by her husband for such reasons as insufficient dowry or bearing too many female children.

1. Publicly humiliated spouses

1. Paternal negligence
2. Discrimination against unmarried women

1. Prohibitive marriage dowry
2. Nagging wives
3. Marital stress
4. Gender discrimination in developing countries

1. Protecting acquired legal rights of women

1. Rejection