The husband of Sumona Akhter of Gopalganj died of AIDS over two years back. At that time, she came to know that she was also an AIDS affected. The case of Sumona Akhter is not an isolated incident. In our country, there are other women and children who fell sick to the deadly disease.
Our math teacher always moves around with a cane. He uses it on us for tiny mistakes. He also hurls abuses at us. He says there are blessings of 33 crore of Gods in his cane," says Urn1ila Rahman, a student of class X at a government high school in Dhaka.
The government has taken a plan to make women trafficking victims self-sufficient by providing them with jobs.
As part of the move, three coffee shops named 'Kafe Mukti' were set up at Bangladesh Secretariat, Women Affairs Directorate and Social Welfare Directorate in the city yesterday.
Schoolteacher Jahanara Begum was rushing her sick son to a doctor around noon but she was halted by an elderly man when she was on Mathbaria Bara Masjid Road. She was told the road was off limits to women. As time was of the essence, she avoided confrontation and took a detour.
A forum named "South Asian Women's Media Forum" was formed yesterday at the National Press Club in the city.
Women leaders,human rights activists urge next govt
Women leaders and human rights activists yesterday urged the upcoming government to repeal all existing gender discriminatory laws and provisions and not to enact such laws in future.
Speakers at a workshop yesterday stressed the need for amending the existing laws as well as changing people's mindset to stop violence against women.
They also underscored the need for increasing the co-ordination between the government and the non-government organisations (NGOs).
Forced marriage is a dark chapter of violation of human rights in all its multitudes in Bangladesh. It is the surname of rape, slavery, trafficking, forced pregnancy, torture, cruelty and what not as enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human rights.
Domestic violence against woman is a severe setback for them to grow up and lead normal life.
Nowadays domestic violence against woman is a common feature and very frequent in every society.
The United Nations estimates that some 80% of persons trafficked are trafficked for sexual exploitation. They are mostly women and children. (UN, 2003). An estimated 120,000 women and children are trafficked into Western Europe each year. (European Commission, 2001).
