harassment

How to take legal action if you're a victim of harassment

While taking legal action will not undo the harrowing experience, it can help to regain some control of the situation and attain a sense of justice.

Grooming: abuse hiding in plain sight

It's a lesser known evil that is wreaking havoc among young people.

11 books to read during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Trigger Warning: This article mentions sexual and domestic abuse, trauma, and issues of mental health

Flirting and harassment, where is the line?

Flirting is consensual and conscious. Even when it's not too subtle, a flirt won't come across as demanding or like they expect you to respond positively, if at all. Harassment, meanwhile, is obnoxiously persistent.

Anti-Sexual Harassment Cells: ‘No one to listen until we make ourselves heard’

Mehnaz (not her real name), a student of Chittagong University, was sexually harassed by a group of men on her campus a few months ago.

US urges all political parties in Bangladesh to respect rule of law

The US has called on all political parties in Bangladesh to respect the rule of law and refrain from violence, harassment and intimidation.

US mother held for 10,000 anonymous texts to harass daughter

A US mother has been arrested after Michigan authorities say she anonymously cyberbullied her teenage daughter and her boyfriend for more than a year, reports say.

Nurture students, don’t torture them

We are shocked and saddened by the death of an eighth grader in Narsingdi, who died by suicide after her teacher harassed her for wearing trousers with her school uniform.

The Narsingdi incident was a hate crime against a woman, plain and simple

How is it that we live in a society where a woman must endure humiliating attacks from another woman and her male cohorts in a public place for the clothes she chooses to wear?

July 6, 2023
July 6, 2023

How to take legal action if you're a victim of harassment

While taking legal action will not undo the harrowing experience, it can help to regain some control of the situation and attain a sense of justice.

June 22, 2023
June 22, 2023

Grooming: abuse hiding in plain sight

It's a lesser known evil that is wreaking havoc among young people.

April 24, 2023
April 24, 2023

11 books to read during Sexual Assault Awareness Month

Trigger Warning: This article mentions sexual and domestic abuse, trauma, and issues of mental health

February 16, 2023
February 16, 2023

Flirting and harassment, where is the line?

Flirting is consensual and conscious. Even when it's not too subtle, a flirt won't come across as demanding or like they expect you to respond positively, if at all. Harassment, meanwhile, is obnoxiously persistent.

January 5, 2023
January 5, 2023

Anti-Sexual Harassment Cells: ‘No one to listen until we make ourselves heard’

Mehnaz (not her real name), a student of Chittagong University, was sexually harassed by a group of men on her campus a few months ago.

January 4, 2023
January 4, 2023

US urges all political parties in Bangladesh to respect rule of law

The US has called on all political parties in Bangladesh to respect the rule of law and refrain from violence, harassment and intimidation.

December 21, 2022
December 21, 2022

US mother held for 10,000 anonymous texts to harass daughter

A US mother has been arrested after Michigan authorities say she anonymously cyberbullied her teenage daughter and her boyfriend for more than a year, reports say.

September 2, 2022
September 2, 2022

Nurture students, don’t torture them

We are shocked and saddened by the death of an eighth grader in Narsingdi, who died by suicide after her teacher harassed her for wearing trousers with her school uniform.

August 18, 2022
August 18, 2022

The Narsingdi incident was a hate crime against a woman, plain and simple

How is it that we live in a society where a woman must endure humiliating attacks from another woman and her male cohorts in a public place for the clothes she chooses to wear?

August 10, 2022
August 10, 2022

Is harassing students a disciplinary method at universities now?

The apathy towards ending sexual harassment on campus is a symptom of wider institutional control.