Beza is a sophomore at MSUM studying physics and pre-engineering. She is originally from Ethiopia and enjoys basketball, soccer, camping and traveling. This is her first women's studies class and she is excited to learn about women around the world, starting with women from Bangladesh. Women in Bangladesh have a low literacy rate of 26% and experience domestic violence, as the Muslim culture places them under male domination according to Islamic law, though their political status has improved somewhat in the last two decades.