International Women’s Day highlights progress, but safety remains a crisis in Bangladesh. Weak law enforcement, victim-blaming, and moral policing enable violence. Real change demands stronger laws, faster justice, safer spaces, and an end to impunity for harassers.
Police should use technology to track down all the accused
Perpetrators of Mohammadpur rape must not be able to get away
A Spanish court on Thursday sentenced former Brazil international Dani Alves to four and a half years in prison after finding him guilty of raping a young woman at a Barcelona nightclub in December 2022.
That justice for rape survivors is a mirage in this country is no news, with a miserable conviction rate of three percent in rape cases.
The 32-year-old batsman was arrested in November last year just hours after his country lost to England in their final Twenty20 World Cup match in Australia.
This case is yet another tragic example of how unsafe this country is for women.
Despite unwavering support from her counterparts and from political offices as high up as the Spanish prime minister’s, Hermoso’s words have resulted in the same inaction from authorities.
Prosecutors at Spain's top criminal court said Monday they had opened a preliminary investigation into Luis Rubiales' forcible kiss on the lips of World Cup player Jenni Hermoso on grounds it could constitute a crime of "sexual assault".
Woman are subjected to sexual harassment daily.They tell stories of the everyday harassment they face on the streets, in public places and at work regardless of age or class.
The incident of sexual assault that took place this Pahela Baishakh on the Dhaka University campus was not the first of its kind.
The adminstration’s underplaying and protesters’ accusations on sexual assault during Pahela Baishakh celebration should thoroughly be probed, opines Dhaka University Vice-Chancellor Professor AAMS Arefin Siddique.
"This is not a woman-friendly city, dear mayoral aspirants. That is perhaps the most glaring parameter of failure of our consecutive governments."
UNPRECEDENTED levels of outrage and activism surround the Pahela Baishakh sexual assault; we have finally reached critical mass:
Chief of National Human Rights Commission blames the sexual assault at Dhaka University during Pahela Baishakh celebration on religious fanaticism and patriarchal system.
Teachers and students form a human chain on Dhaka University campus demanding immediate punishment to the perpetrators responsible for the sexual assault on women during the Pahela Baishakh.
Dhaka University teachers demand immediate arrest and exemplary punishment against those involved in the incidents of sexual assault on women during Pahela Baishakh celebration on the campus.
Teachers and students of the Faculty of Fine Arts of Dhaka University threaten to go for a tough movement from Tuesday if the sexual offenders in Pahela Baishakh’s incident on the Dhaka University campus are not brought to book by then.
It took four days for the police to admit that at least 20 women were sexually assaulted by a large group of men during the Pahela Baishakh celebrations at Dhaka University.
