69 pc victims of online sexual harassments perpetrated by close ones
The report was prepared by analyzing some 154 crime reports collected from national and regional newspapers from January to December, last year. Some 69.48% of the victims of sexual harassment through … Read More »
April saw 18 murders, 37 rapes amid ‘lockdown’ in Dhaka alone
Police yet to unearth the motives behind most of these crimes Amid the ongoing restrictions on public movement or so-called lockdown, imposed to curb Covid-19 transmission, Dhaka city alone saw at … Read More »
Right to informed consent in childbirth
A 2019 research paper titled “Assessing informed consent practices during normal vaginal delivery and immediate postpartum care in tertiary-level hospitals of Bangladesh,” (hereinafter, the research paper) divulged the absence of informed … Read More »
Strengthened Civil Society Protects and Promotes Women’s Rights
The Daily Star and NETZ in partnership with WE CAN and DASCOH Foundation organised an online discussion titled “Strengthened Civil Society Protects and Promotes Women’s Rights” on April 24, 2021. The … Read More »
Webinar on preventing sexual harassment organized by ACTIONISTS
In observance of ‘Sexual Harassment Awareness Month’, ACTIONISTS organised its 17th episode of the “Dialogue for Action” series on April 29, 2021. The topic of the webinar was “Prevention of Sexual … Read More »
Bangladesh needs to address domestic violence against women to achieve SDGs
In 2015, UN member of States adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for transforming the world into a better place and set out a 15-year long plan to achieve the goals. … Read More »
Workshop on the aftermath of sexual assault
On 22nd April 2021 the Resistance hosted their first-ever live virtual workshop titled ‘Sexual Assault: The Aftermath’. The workshop was moderated by Taslima Yasmin, Associate Professor, Department of Law, University of … Read More »
Addressing Gender Inequality and related Legislation during COVID-19
As the world struggling on rebuilding the world after the COVID-19 pandemic, questions of gender equality have become more pertinent than ever. The 2021 theme for International Women’s Day is “Women … Read More »
Child marriage 60.3% in Bhola district – Calling for better education facilities and local representatives
The strengthening of education facilities for girls and activeness of the local representatives and administrations can reduce the rate of child marriage in Bhola, said Nurunnabi Chowdhury Shawon, MP, Bhola-3 while … Read More »
Transgender youth and the right to access public washrooms
Although the practice of open defecation was declared 0 percent in Bangladesh in 2017, 22-year-old *Nishita Nisha, a member of the third gender community in Dhaka, said that she is still … Read More »
