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Isn't there any good news? Of course, there is. But good news doesn't make headlines.
Abantika: A victim of institutional neglect
The universities also didn't organise any awareness activities regarding where and how to file complaints.
Sexual harassment: JnU student files complaint against teacher, dept head
A female student of Jagannath University has alleged that she has been threatened with death and expulsion from the university after accusing a teacher of sexual harassment
Gendered struggles in urban transit
Experiences on public transport highlight the casual dismissal of women’s rights to equal access and treatment in public spaces.
Investigate sexual violence against RMG workers
Reports of GBV, harassment in factories can no longer be ignored
What should women wear?
In May 2022, a young woman, who lives in Dhaka city, was verbally and physically assaulted at a train station in Narsingdi while waiting for a Dhaka-bound train.
Public Universities: Racked by ragging
In the absence of a policy to act as a deterrent, ragging goes on unchecked at some public universities, as the authorities concerned seem indifferent to the need for curbing the menace.
How the landless are leading the fight against sexual violence in schools
In 2009, the High Court issued a directive that requires active anti-sexual harassment cells in all educational institutions and workplaces. The landless organisations used RTI to find out how many schools in their locality had complied with the HC directive.
What does salinity have to do with SRHR anyway?
The increasing difficulty of accessing clean water is forcing young women in coastal areas of Bangladesh to try to halt their menstrual cycles by misusing contraceptive pills, putting their long-term reproductive and mental health at risk.
3 Eden college students, relatives ‘assaulted, sexually harassed’, 4 held in Dhaka
Three students of Eden Women's College and their three female relatives are “assaulted and sexually harassed” by salesmen of a clothing store at Chandni Chowk market in Dhaka.
March 7 Sexual Harassment: 'Proof found in CCTV footage'
Police yesterday said they found proof of a college girl being sexually assaulted in Banglamotor area on Wednesday, an incident about which she opened up on Facebook.
Cops identifying men linked to yesterday’s sexual harassment on streets: Home minister
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan says that law enforcers will take action against those who sexually harassed women on streets in Dhaka yesterday.
What it means to be a woman in the workplace
It is rare for women to be at the top, period. And even rarer for that woman to have worked their way to the top—more commonly, those who hold privileged positions often inherit their family businesses. Here, we feature women in diverse industries who have worked their way to the top, in a man’s world.
On Facebook, they open up
A number of women alleged that they had been sexually harassed by groups of men on crowded streets of Dhaka yesterday.
Youth jailed for sexually harassing Rajshahi SSC examinee
A mobile court jails youth for 10 months and 10 days for sexually harassing female SSC examinee at an exam hall in Rajshahi’s Durgapur upazila.
The sexual harassment reckoning
Deeds, not words!” Britain's suffragettes shouted, as they fought for—and won—the right to vote 100 years ago. Today, that call to arms seems more apt than ever. For all the advances that women have made in the last century, the tendency to pay lip service to women's rights and dignity, without doing what is necessary truly to protect them, is more obvious than ever.
21 women raped, assaulted on public transport in 13 months: Report
At least 17 women were either gang raped or raped inside public transports while four other women were sexually harassed across the country in the last 13 months, a passengers’ welfare platform said.
The spectre of online sexual harassment
Yeanur Rahman came to Dhaka with big dreams. She studied hard, aced her final exams maintaining a good GPA and got admitted into a public university in the capital. Things were going exactly as she had envisioned. Better yet, the freshman thought she had fallen in love with someone in her very first year.
Violated and shamed: Sexual misconduct in Asia
As more victims step out to tell of sexual harassment in the United States and Europe, The Straits Times Asian bureaus look at how the region perceives this rarely publicly-discussed issue.