Dialogue on “Raise Your Voice, Break the Silence: Right to Consent and Choice and Gender Based Violence”
This dialogue between university students, academics, researchers, young film makers, story writers, and women’s rights activists aimed to create a space for young people to share their thoughts and experiences related … Read More »
Silencing of indigenous voice
Kapeeng Foundation, an indigenous rights organization has found that between 2013 and 2017, there have been 364 cases of human rights violation against indigenous women and girls in Bangladesh. Between January … Read More »
Rights of the indigenous people in Bangladesh is unprotected
Bangladesh as a land of cultural and ethnic diversity has 54 groups of ethnic people living mostly at the North and South-East part of the country. According to 2011 consensus, indigenous … Read More »
Political party’s involvement in sexual violence
The ruling Awami League’s associate organizations have attempted several sexually violent incidents in the country. On last Tuesday the Bogra town Sramik League convener has abducted a girl and raped her. … Read More »
World Bank is funding Bangladesh to strengthen health facilities
The World Bank has allocated 570 million dollars for two projects in Bangladesh for improving health, nutrition and population services to strengthen public procurement. “The World Bank and the (Bangladesh) government … Read More »
Married women are vulnerable to seek legal action
About 70% married women in Bangladesh go through some form of physical or mental violence. But they do not seek legal justice because of social and economic inferior position. They also … Read More »
Our law fails to address marital rape cases
Marital rape is not criminalized in Bangladeshi law. The section 375 has exempted marital rape in the scenarios which is considered as rape. There are certain drawbacks the definition of rape; … Read More »
Our stigma around ‘sex’
Discussion about sex is still a taboo in Bangladesh. People are allowed to watch sexual representation on magazine, television or in the Bollywood item songs, but talking about sex is a … Read More »
Early marriage of girls is rising up in Bangladesh
Due to poverty and social insecurity, the rate of early marriage in Bangladesh has become higher. Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) survey titled “Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics 2016″ has found that … Read More »
We are killed before we are born
In Nepal and in some other Asian countries, many women have sex selective abortion because of the powerful position of boys than the girls in the society. Though the country promotes … Read More »
