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