sexual violence against women
114 women raped in first three months this year
Around 114 women were raped in the first three months of 2024, said Ain O Salish Kendra yesterday. Three victims were killed and one died by suicide after rape, the human rights organisation added.
Victimised twice, a woman’s fight for life
Take urgent action to rescue her, punish rapist/abductors
It’s still a man’s world in politics
Extremely low number of women candidates is a wake-up call
How did Bangladeshi women fare in 2022?
Women's achievements were overshadowed by the gendered inequalities they continue to face
16 Days of Activism against Gender-Based Violence / How women's secondary status encourages violence
The value of a female is largely determined by what she can offer to her family and society
Protect children and women from abuse
Latest data depicts a shocking picture of child marriage, sexual violence
Rape as a tool of political intimidation?
The authorities must ensure speedy justice
The devastating shades of intimacy after assault
On my worst days, any type of physical intimacy ends in hellish claustrophobia; I’m buried under layers of shame, wrapped in an endless cycle of revulsion at my body, and I can’t escape.
Why Bilkis Bano’s rapists should be behind bars
Men who raped Bilkis Bano during 2002 Gujarat riots allowed to walk free on the same day that PM Modi promised to make the nation a better place for women.
4 remanded over Subarnachar gang-rape
Four more accused in a case filed over the gang-rape of a mother of six in Noakhali’s Subarnachar upazila are placed on remand.
