1) Violance Against Woman Farhana ul Hoque Dr. Rezaul Karim Reza MASUDA Akter Jit Chakma

1. VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN
G R O U P - G
FA R H A N A U L H O Q U E
D R . R E Z A U L K A R I M R E Z A
M A S U D A A K T E R
J I T C H A K M A
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2. WHAT IS VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN (VAW) ?
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VAW is any act of gender based violence that
results in, or is likely to result in physical, sexual
or psychological harm or suffering to women,
including threats of such acts, coercion or
arbitrary deprivation of liberty, whether occurring
in public or in private life (United
Nations,1993).

3. TYPES OF VAW(VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN)
 Physical violence : Physical violence also referred to as physical
assault, is the use of physical force with the intent to cause bodily
harm and suffering to women.
For e.g :
• being pushed
• being slapped, hair pulled, being punched with fist or something
that could hurt .
• Being threatened or attacked with a knife, gun, acid or any other
weapon.
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4. CONT..
Domestic abuse that includes physical violence is called domestic
violence. This can be towards wife,children, aids.
 Sexual violence is any form of non consensual or forced
sexual activity which includes rape, incest etc.
Physical force or the threat of physical harm including murder, are
often used to intimidate and coerce women into having sex without
their consent.
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5. PSYCHOLOGICAL VIOLENCE
This can also be referred to as emotional violence. Includes the use of
verbal abuse, threats, insults, humiliation etc. the commonest site of
psychological violence against women is in intimate partner
relationships I.e. marriages, cohabitation, courtships. For e.g. :
• Said or did something to humiliate her in front of others
• Threatened to hurt or harm her or someone close to her
• Insulted her or made her feel bad about herself
• Frequently accuses her of being unfaithful
• Jealousy or anger when she talks to other man
• Tries to limit her contact with her family.
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6. CONSTITUTION OF BANGLADESH
Article 19
The State shall endeavor to ensure equality of opportunity to all
citizens.
Article 27
All citizens are equal before law and are entitled to equal
protection.
Article 28 (2)
Women shall have equal rights with men in all spheres of the
State and of public life.
Article 29 (2)
No citizen shall, on grounds only of religion, race, caste, sex or
place of birth, be ineligible for, or discriminated against in respect
of, any employment or office in the service of the Republic.20-Apr-18 6Group-G

7. 7 FIVE YEAR PLAN (2016-2020)
 Gender Vision:
A country where men and women will have equal opportunities and
rights and women will be recognized as equal contributors in economic,
social and political development.
 7FYP Target: Gender equality.
 Gender Parity Index in tertiary education to be raised from current 0.70
to 1.0.
The ratio of literate female to male for age group 20-24 to be raised to
100% from the current 86%.
 Encourage female enrolment in technical and vocational education.
 Reduce and maintain the current income inequality of 0.45.
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8. OBJECTIVES OF THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN
AND CHILDREN AFFAIRS ( MOWCA)
To establish rights of Women & Children through Women
Empowerment and mainstreaming them in development.
Strategic Objectives:
• Ensure social security of women and children
• Protection of women and Children & safeguard their rights
• Achieve Gender Equity
• Empowerment of Women And Children
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9. FUNCTION’S OF MOWCA
• Prevention of Violence Against Women & Children.
• Conservation of social and legal rights of Women & Children.
• Creation of employment opportunity for women.
• Coordination and monitoring different activities of Women development
undertaken by different ministries ( Through WID Focal point).
• Develop National Women development policy and Child Development
policy and implementation.
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10. WHAT DRIVES VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
?
 Gender norms.
 Men controlling decision-making.
 Limits to women’s independence in public and private life.
 Accepting and sometimes approving of men’s violence
against women.
 Interactions between men that are aggressive and
disrespectful towards women.
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11. - BANGLADESH SCENARIO
• According to the UNFPA/Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics study, more
than 10 million Bangladeshi women experience physical or sexual
violence every year. The Report on Violence against Women (VAW)
Survey 2015 by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) has found
that 50 percent of the women said they were physically tortured while 27
percent said they had been sexually abused.
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12. CONT..
 Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) shows, it found that
 Women aged between 15 and 34 are at the greatest threat of facing
torture, 51.8 percent of rural women said they had been abused. The
rate is 48.5 and 49.6 percent at the urban and national levels
respectively.
 Little difference was found between the ratios of economic exploitation
faced by rural and urban married women. In the case of rural women, it
was 12 percent while in urban areas it was 10.2 percent.
 The study shows that the tendency of abusing wives is found less
among educated couples.
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13. CONT..
• In 2004, there were 2,981 cases of dowry related violence; women are
beaten or killed because their parents fail to pay the dowry that her in-
laws request. This number rose to 4,563 cases in 2012.
• A 2007 report stated that 53% of married women in Bangladesh were
physically and/or sexually abused by their husbands.
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14. STATISTICAL REVIEW IN BANGLADESH
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15. VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: A ‘GLOBAL HEALTH
PROBLEM OF EPIDEMIC PROPORTIONS’
• Physical or sexual violence is a public health problem that affects
more than one third of all women globally, according to a new
report released by WHO in partnership with the London School of
Hygiene & Tropical Medicine and the South African Medical
Research Council.
• The study finds that intimate partner violence (IPV) is the most
common type of violence against women, affecting 30% of women
worldwide.
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16. WORLD SCENARIO
• A 2013 analysis conduct by WHO with the London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and the South Africa Medical
Research Council, used existing data from over 80 countries and
found that worldwide, 1 in 3, or 35%, of women have experienced
physical and/or sexual violence by an intimate partner or non-
partner sexual violence.
• The prevalence estimates of intimate partner violence range from
23.2% in high-income countries and 24.6% in the WHO Western
Pacific region to 37% in the WHO Eastern Mediterranean region,
and 37.7% in the WHO South-East Asia region.
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17. PREVENTION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN
 Promote gender equality and women’s human rights.
 Establish, implement and monitor multi-sectoral action plans to address violence
against women.
 Enlist social, political, religious, and other leaders in speaking out against violence of
women.
 Develop, implement and evaluate programme aimed at primary prevention of intimate-
partner violence and sexual violence.
 Make physical environments safer for women and girls.
 Develop a comprehensive health sector response to the various impacts of violence
against women.
 Strengthen formal and informal support systems for women living with violence.
 Sensitize legal and justice systems to the particular needs of women victims of
violence.
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18. AWARNESS OF VAW
 VOISE RAISE: Raise awareness that violence against women is unacceptable.
 HEALTH SECTOR : Health workers have a crucial role to play in helping who experienced
violence.
 SOCIAL SERVICES: Social service workers can also be advocates to the government
and for victims by creating an environment where victims are comfortably sharing of
violence.
 COMMUNITY OUTREACH: By empowering the local organizations, it is possible to
influence the communities positively, making them understand the importance of
women’s rights.
 MEDIA: By showing the punishments of committing crimes against women instead of
justifying glamorizing, or normalizing violence. Media can play positive role in
advocating women’s rights through articles, news reports and features.
 LEGAL AWARENESS: Awareness campaigns are needed to be launched to make
women aware about their legal rights ,like workplace harassment, acid attacks, honor
killings, forced marriages etc.
 CULTURAL ASPECTS: We need to eradicate harmful traditional practices by educating
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19. MOBILE APPS : JOY
PROVIDES INSTANT SUPPORT TO THE
WOMEN AND CHILDREN VICTIMS OF
VIOLENCE
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20. RISK FACTORS
 Marrying at earlier age and having a jobless husband.
 bride-price, dowry, child marriage.
 Having more pregnancies and being younger increase the risk for IPV victimization.
 Women’s insecure access to control over property and land rights.
 The presence of economic, educational and employment disparities. between men and
women.
 Conflict and tension within an intimate partner relationship or marriage.
 Male control over decision-making and assets.
 Lack of safe spaces for women and girls.
 Low levels of education.
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21. TITTLE:
VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN IN BANGLADESH
Authors name: Nashid Tabassum Khan, Asma Begum, Tayyaba Musarrat Jaha
Chowdhury, Bishwajit Kumar Das, Farhana Shahid, Saizuddin Kabir and Meherunnessa
Begum.
Authors affiliation: Associate Professor & Head, Assistant Professor, Professor.
Journal name: Delta Medical College Journal
Published date: January 2017
Methodology: A retrospective cross sectional study was done in Dhaka Medical
College on the victims who underwent treatment at One Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) and
burn unit. The victims were interviewed and the data received were later on analyzed by
computer and organized in tables. Total cases of Violence against Women were 114320-Apr-18 21Group-G

22. RESULT
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25. At community level, improvement of economic status of women as well as
women empowerment is essential. Mass awareness about Violence against
Women through mass media is needed to be diffused.
CONCLUSION
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26. RECOMMENDATION
Removal of remaining reservation on Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of
Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW-1984) Article 2 and 16.1(c) is needed.
The family court governed by Family Law Ordinance 1985 should be led by a 1st class
magistrate or Judge whose authority must be same.
Assault and battery within marriage and marital rape should be recognized in the Women and
Children Repression Act, 2000.
Training and orientation to law enforcement personnel on Violence against Women human
rights and gender to remove negative and disrespectful attitude of police towards women.
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27. RECOMMENDATION (OWN COMMENTS)
Build women friendly environment in every sector.
Increase motivation to take more participation in challenging sector.
Delaying age of marriage to 18.
Women’s economic autonomy and access to skills training, credit and
employment.
Completion of secondary education for girls (and boys).
Increase Sexual Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) knowledge to all.
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