Umama Fatema, a student of Kabi Sufia Kamal Hall, Dhaka University, and spokesperson for the Anti-Discrimination Student Movement, talks to Naznin Tithi of The Daily Star.
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.
In 2025 Dhaka, heroism is redefined—harassing women earns public praise while real courage is silenced. Morality policing thrives, overshadowing justice. Fear replaces freedom, leaving true heroes unheard as society rewards those enforcing oppression instead of challenging it.
I am only asking—have we stopped standing by women?
Gender discrimination in rural areas across Bangladesh continues to be a formidable barrier to both social and economic development.
50 percent of women avoid online activity or hide their identities on social media due to safety concerns.
Paritosh touched the girls inappropriately and even tried to touch their private areas
Isn't there any good news? Of course, there is. But good news doesn't make headlines.
The universities also didn't organise any awareness activities regarding where and how to file complaints.
The hostility that the Bangladeshi public usually shows towards women is in no way civilised
An online survey of over 5,000 women spread across 24 districts of the country has revealed that nearly 87 percent of them have faced some form of harassment at least once in their lives.
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?
The apathy towards ending sexual harassment on campus is a symptom of wider institutional control.
A school student died by suicide after she was reportedly sexually harassed and a fake Facebook ID was opened under her name to make offensive posts in Morrelganj of Bagerhat.
Chittagong University authorities yesterday expelled four Bangladesh Chhatra League activists for their involvement in the sexual harassment of two female students on the campus in September last year.
All of the four persons arrested for their involvement with the sexual assault of a female student at Chittagong University campus on the night of July 17, are activists and supporters of Bangladesh Chhatra League.
With four-point demand, students of Chittagong University (CU) waged a unique protest last night on the campus for the third consecutive day through poetry and songs.
It’s high time the CU administration picked a side
Police have arrested a private university teacher for molesting a student at a barbecue party at the Uttara residence of the accused.
