sexual harassment

Abantika: A victim of institutional neglect

The universities also didn't organise any awareness activities regarding where and how to file complaints.

Sexual harassment: JnU student files complaint against teacher, dept head

A female student of Jagannath University has alleged that she has been threatened with death and expulsion from the university after accusing a teacher of sexual harassment

Gendered struggles in urban transit

Experiences on public transport highlight the casual dismissal of women’s rights to equal access and treatment in public spaces.

Investigate sexual violence against RMG workers

Reports of GBV, harassment in factories can no longer be ignored

What should women wear?

In May 2022, a young woman, who lives in Dhaka city, was verbally and physically assaulted at a train station in Narsingdi while waiting for a Dhaka-bound train.

Public Universities: Racked by ragging

In the absence of a policy to act as a deterrent, ragging goes on unchecked at some public universities, as the authorities concerned seem indifferent to the need for curbing the menace.

How the landless are leading the fight against sexual violence in schools

In 2009, the High Court issued a directive that requires active anti-sexual harassment cells in all educational institutions and workplaces. The landless organisations used RTI to find out how many schools in their locality had complied with the HC directive.

What does salinity have to do with SRHR anyway?

The increasing difficulty of accessing clean water is forcing young women in coastal areas of Bangladesh to try to halt their menstrual cycles by misusing contraceptive pills, putting their long-term reproductive and mental health at risk.

'What about us?'

While discussing the legal recognition of gender identity, many participants highlighted that the state authorities and general people lack sufficient understanding of the various clusters of the transgender population.

March 6, 2023
March 6, 2023

How medical evidence is used to discredit rape complainants

The need for corroborative or medical evidence to prove rape (and therefore these two rules) violates the global standards set by the UN and the WHO.

March 6, 2023
March 6, 2023

What We Think When We Think About (Interpersonal) Violence

The link between the structural and personal is continually at risk of getting obscured in favour of an individualist reading of interpersonal violence.

March 6, 2023
March 6, 2023

Love beyond Boundaries: Subjectivity and Sexuality through Bhawaiya Folk Song of Bengal

Bhawaiya, produced and reproduced by both men and women, bears the elements of subverting Bengali gender norms.

March 6, 2023
March 6, 2023

'What about us?'

While discussing the legal recognition of gender identity, many participants highlighted that the state authorities and general people lack sufficient understanding of the various clusters of the transgender population.

March 6, 2023
March 6, 2023

What does salinity have to do with SRHR anyway?

The increasing difficulty of accessing clean water is forcing young women in coastal areas of Bangladesh to try to halt their menstrual cycles by misusing contraceptive pills, putting their long-term reproductive and mental health at risk.

January 21, 2023
January 21, 2023

Barca coach Xavi in 'state of shock' over Alves accusations

Barcelona coach Xavi Hernandez said Saturday that he is in "a state of shock" after Dani Alves's arrest on sexual assault allegations.

January 5, 2023
January 5, 2023

Anti-Sexual Harassment Cells: ‘No one to listen until we make ourselves heard’

Mehnaz (not her real name), a student of Chittagong University, was sexually harassed by a group of men on her campus a few months ago.

January 3, 2023
January 3, 2023

Headmaster of girls' school suspended for 'sexually harrassing' students

Chattogram City Corporation (CCC) authorities suspended the headmaster of Kapasgola City Corporation Girls High School following protest against him for "sexually harassing" female students.

December 30, 2022
December 30, 2022

How did Bangladeshi women fare in 2022?

Women's achievements were overshadowed by the gendered inequalities they continue to face

December 27, 2022
December 27, 2022

CCTV on buses but a drop in the ocean

Scale up such initiatives for a safe city for women

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