[Peningkatan jumlah kasus Dowry dan Dowry Death di India yang semakin lama semakin bertambah membuat isu ini menjadi signifikan untuk diteliti. Penelitian ini menggunakan teori kekerasan budaya dan teori pengaruh lingkungan tetangga dan kesulitan ekonomi terhadap kekerasan domestik sebagai pisau analisis. Penelitian ini merupakan penelitian deskriptif dengan menggunakan metode kualitatif. Praktik Dowry dan Dowry Death merupakan bentuk dari sistem patriarki yang ada dalam masyarakat India. Fokus dari penelitian ini adalah melihat peranan pemerintah India dan aktor non pemerintah yaitu media dan LSM dalam menyelesaikan permasalahan Dowry dan Dowry Death. Meskipun dalam data belum terlihat penurunan jumlah kasus yang signifikan, setidaknya telah ada usaha penanggulangan yang dilakukan oleh pemerintah dan aktor non pemerintah dalam menghadapi permasalahan Dowry dan Dowry Death.;Rising number of Dowry and Dowry Death cases has made a significant situation to do a reseach about it. This research use the Cultural-Violence theory and Neighborhood Disadvantage and Personal Economic Distress Effect on Domestic Violence theory for the analysis. This research is a descriptive and use qualitative methods. Dowry and Dowry Death is a real form of patriarchy value in Indian society. This research focused on the role of the state and the non state actors like media and civil society in order to solve Dowry and Dowry Death problem. Although the data not yet indicate the descent of the case number, at least the state and non state actors have made some efforts to overcome Dowry and Dowry Death., Rising number of Dowry and Dowry Death cases has made a significant situation to do a reseach about it. This research use the Cultural-Violence theory and Neighborhood Disadvantage and Personal Economic Distress Effect on Domestic Violence theory for the analysis. This research is a descriptive and use qualitative methods. Dowry and Dowry Death is a real form of patriarchy value in Indian society. This research focused on the role of the state and the non state actors like media and civil society in order to solve Dowry and Dowry Death problem. Although the data not yet indicate the descent of the case number, at least the state and non state actors have made some efforts to overcome Dowry and Dowry Death.]