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Violence Against Women
Violence Against Women64pc of rape victims in Chattogram are girl children
Rape has increased three-fold in five years in the port city Chattogram. The accused and the victims are mostly homeless and of low income families
626 children sexually abused in Bangladesh in 2020: MJF
The number of children forced into marriage rose by 60 per cent at that time. And at least 145 children died from rape, attempted rape, murder, abduction, disappearance and torture
Migrant women workers suffer both at home and abroad
Women go abroad as migrant workers with big dreams, but often return battered and bruised, physically and mentally, even dead
LGRD official held for attempted rape of child in Jashore
According to the case statement, Jahidul took the child at the roof of his office on 30 December luring her to provide sweets
Cumilla witnesses alarming number of rapes in 2020
The rape victims included women across all age groups, from four years of age to over 70, according to data from Cumilla Medical College Hospital’s medicine wing
Coronavirus and abuse, women are haunted by both
A visible rise in physical and sexual violence against women this year in the country shows the adverse attitude of society towards women and their vulnerable state, even during a global crisis
8-year old gang-raped and killed in Bogura: Police
The girl fainted as she was bleeding profusely when Bappi strangled her to death. The body was brutally disfigured to make it look like a victim of wild animals
BIPSS Policy Cafe
Sensitisation, not impunity, needed against gender-based violence
Gender-based violence that existed in the country and beyond has been exacerbated during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act
‘Most women are unaware of this law’
Despite one year since the enactment of the Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, this law has failed to meet expectations
BRAC data
Gender-based violence rises with COVID-19
BRAC releases new data on gender-based violence in conjunction with 16 days of activism, which run through December 10
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