Dowry Abuse Outlawed

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Dowry Abuse Outlawed

The Victorian Parliament has passed the Family Violence Protection and Other Matters Bill 2018, which includes amongst other measures, redefining the meaning of family violence to include ‘using coercion, threats, physical abuse or emotional or psychological abuse to demand or receive a dowry, either before or after a marriage’.

Source: AWAVA eNews, 17/8/18

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