"Dowry" is conflated, while dowry itself isn't an Indian term, in the Indian context it is often jewellery given to the bride by her parents often in lieu of her share of property.

A witch hunt against this practice has actually worked against the women, and many are deprived of their ancestral property rights.

A lot of women in Europe aren't even aware of their property rights, the first son generally gets the farm and the daughters get nothing (even if the farm is ancestral).