Violence Against Women

Violence Against Women
Internet intermediaries must uphold women’s human rights, online safety: UN expert

Internet intermediaries must uphold women’s human rights, online safety: UN expert

UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression Irene Khan has urged States to protect women journalists from online and offline attacks, and social media companies to ensure that online ...

Gunfight

Deaths in ‘gunfight’, custodial deaths increase in April: MSF

The report has been prepared on the basis of the events that took place from 1 to 30 April this year

Editorial

Take steps to assuage sufferings and harassment of migrant women workers

The grim picture of the plight of female migrant workers revealed by the organisation consisting 22 NGOs is inexplicably painful

CU student harassed on shuttle train

CU student harassed on shuttle train

A student of Chittagong University (CU) has allegedly been sexually harassed on a moving shuttle train

Lipi Khatun who committed suicide

Girl commits suicide after attempted rape and 4 years of harassment

Student Lipi Khatun commits suicide after facing attempted rape, following four years of being harassed

Editorial

State and society need to change attitude towards women

There is no denying that we live in an odd society. No importance is given to ethics and values. People only believe might is right. On the one hand, the incidents of violence against women have ...

Allegation against judge for pressuring victim to compromise

Violence against women Allegation against judge for pressuring victim to compromise

Allegation has surfaced against a judge of Dhaka metropolitan magistrate court for forcing the plaintiff to settle with the accused in a case filed under the Women and Children Repression Prevention ...

What is and isn't in the draft Evidence Act (Amendment)

What is and isn't in the draft Evidence Act (Amendment)

According to a recently released research report titled ‘Impact of easy accessibility of pornography and its relevance with violence against women and girls in Bangladesh’, 53 per cent of respondents ...

'Good' girl, 'bad' girl perception in society is alarming

'Good' girl, 'bad' girl perception in society is alarming

Even when a husband sexually abuses or rapes his wife, being incited by porn, this is not being considered as a punishable offence in the law

Violence against women on the rise: MSF Report

Violence against women on the rise: MSF Report

According to media reports and data collected by MSF, the number of incidents of rape, killing and family violence has increased compared to previous month

Women fall prey to cyber bullying more

Women fall prey to cyber bullying more

Obscene pictures, video clips, indecent messages are sent to their inbox

Videos show UP member publicly hitting girl with a shoe in Jashore

Videos show UP member publicly hitting girl with a shoe in Jashore

The incident took place on the evening of 16 March and two video clips of the incidents started going around on Facebook on 18 March.

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Husband tied up, woman ‘gang-raped’ in Khulna

Four people allegedly gang-raped a 27-year-old housewife after they tied up her husband in Khulna.

Juliet Mandal

Nurse dies mysteriously in Dhaka

A nurse has died under mysterious circumstances at her residence in Ahmednagar of Paikpara in the capital

BCL leader sent to jail in a case filed by sister-in-law

BCL leader sent to jail in a case filed by sister-in-law

A court in Brahmanbaria on Tuesday sent a local leader of Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL), the student wing of Awami League, to jail in a case filed by his sister-in-law under the Women and Children ...

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