SEXUAL HARASSMENT
DU sexual harassment: Committee suggests relieving teacher of duties
The academic committee of Dhaka University’s music department has recommended removing Assistant Professor Anamul Haque from all academic activities after being accused of sexually harassing a female student.
Fear of sexual harassment triggering child marriage: survey
A recent survey by Plan International Bangladesh found that fear of sexual harassment and social exclusion are the major reasons behind parents marrying off their daughter at an early age.
Court Corner / SC forms committee against sexual harassment
The Supreme Court administration has formed a five-member committee to receive complaints of sexual harassment on court premises, conduct inquiry into them and make necessary recommendations to this effect.
Why do many women shun shared motorbikes?
Sahera Khatun Shimul, a young working woman, has to travel from Dhanmondi to Khilgaon regularly to attend her office.
Sexual abuse at the hands of UN peacekeepers
In November 2015, a 14-year-old girl in the Central African Republic (CAR) said that two peacekeepers attacked her in November as she was returning home near Bambari airport. Peacekeepers at the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilisation Mission in the Central African Republic (MINUSCA) base were stationed there to guard the airport and allegedly committed numerous such acts of sexual abuse and exploitation.
Business As Usual?
Farah Sharmin, an HSC student at Viqarunnisa Noon School and College, escaped an attempted rape while on a journey with her mother from Abdullahpur to Rampura on a Shuprobh at Paribahan vehicle in the evening. As the bus neared Rampura and passengers thinned out, Sharmin and her mother were left alone with some boys sitting at the back.
sexual harassment / WHY WOMEN POLICE DON'T REPORT SEXUAL VIOLENCE
When the 23-year-old constable Halima Begum was posted to her new workplace at Gouripur Thana, Mymensingh, her father, Helal Uddin Akand, was ecstatic.
Sexual Harassment / Ready to Fight Back!
We all say and know that sexual harassment has, unfortunately, become a part of our daily lives. Everyday, women out on the streets of Dhaka face harassment in some form or the other.
THE IMPORTANCE OF AWARENESS
On May 4, 2015, a student from the first grade of the Mohammadpur Preparatory School was sexually assaulted by a school employee.
BACK TO THE DARK AGES
In the last few weeks, there seemed to form a large divide between people, both offline and online.
At the Root of the Matter
Sexual harassment, thankfully enough, has now become a topic of discussion amongst peers.
