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
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.
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
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
Normalise happy divorces, not unhappy marriages
Why do we never question the psychological impact on children stuck between two parents in an unhappy marriage?