Violence against women and children
Who will rescue the rescue app for women?
Govt should properly utilise tools meant to prevent gender-based violence
Checking Violence Against Women: Govt app sees only six rescue pleas in about six years
The government’s “Joy” app, developed with a budget of Tk 45 lakh to tackle violence against women and children during emergencies, received only six rescue requests in five years and nine months.
We must end the culture of impunity surrounding rape
Perpetrators of Mohammadpur rape must not be able to get away
Creating safe public spaces for women: A collective responsibility
Creating safe and empowering public spaces demands a multidimensional approach, the first step of which is initiating table conversations.
16 Days of Activisim against Gender-Based Violence / To combat gender-based violence, do away with systemic bias
Gender inequality and violence as the outcome of a society are symptomatic of the ethos that shape policies, family structures and opportunities for men and women.
Too unsafe to even play football?
Latest attack lays bare the relentless gendered violence faced by Bangladeshi women.
Assaulted for playing football
What do such attacks say about women's status in Bangladesh?
Rape and death of child domestic worker must be probed
Money and influence cannot be allowed to win over justice
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
1,441 incidents of violence against women and children last year
Speakers at a roundtable yesterday stressed the need for generating awareness and bringing about a change in mindset to end violence against women and children in the country.
Justice denied
According to a report by Prothom Alo, 97 percent of these cases filed in five tribunals in Dhaka district, over the last 15 years, ended up with no conviction. Some cases described in the report are disturbing and constitute absolute examples of why justice delayed is justice denied.
Indigenous women and girls need protection
Despite the government's pledge to adopt a zero tolerance for violence against women and children, there has not been significant progress in the ground realities.
Indigenous women and girls need protection
Despite the government's pledge to adopt a zero tolerance for violence against women and children, there has not been significant progress in the ground realities.
A “rape shield” law for Bangladesh
While rape is a commonly reported form of violence against women in Bangladesh, only over one half of women who experience rape actually seek any kind of remedy from the police.
82pc rape victims are under 20
A study by The Daily Star has discovered that 82 percent of the rape victims are under the age of 20. Fifty two percent of girls or women are raped by an individual male,37 percent are gang-raped and 11 percent faced rape attempts.
Violence against women and children
A study by Brac University's School of Law has found that between 2009 and 2014, the overall conviction rate under the Women and Children Repression Prevention Act 2000 in three district tribunals, including one in Dhaka, was only 0.86 percent.