Domestic violence against women in Bangladesh: discovering two sides of a coin

Background paper for The State of Governance in Bangladesh 2013.

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Tác giả chính: Fardosh, Jannatul
Tác giả khác: Institute of Governance Studies, BRAC University
Định dạng: Working paper
Ngôn ngữ:English
Được phát hành: BRAC University 2019
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Truy cập trực tuyến:http://hdl.handle.net/10361/11630
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spelling 10361-116302019-09-30T05:37:33Z Domestic violence against women in Bangladesh: discovering two sides of a coin Fardosh, Jannatul Institute of Governance Studies, BRAC University Women Domestic violence Background paper for The State of Governance in Bangladesh 2013. IGS Working Paper Series No. 09/2013 Includes bibliographical references (pages 43-48) Bangladesh has made significant stride as far as women empowerment is concerned reflected in various gender indicators. However, the country’s progress has seen less satisfactory in one particular area and that is domestic violence. Over the year it was expected that domestic violence against women would decline in line with our steady urbanisation, higher literacy rate and economic well-being, yet contradicting with all these assumptions, the degree of violence is still on the rise. Among other factors, the patriarchal social structure where women are not treated as equal to men followed by economic backwardness, patriarch psychological domination, cultural or religious dogma and superstitions are some of the major issues considered as the major contributory factors inducing violence against women at home. Also the lack of proper enforcement of the existing laws is believed to be another major reason behind this higher prevalence of domestic violence against women. Addressing remedies to this backdrop, this paper looks into two dimensions of domestic violence one from sociological perspectives, and another from governance perspectives where it has focused on existing legal and policy framework. The available literature is reviewed to depict a scenario, highlighting the cross country experience that concerns the major factors contributing in domestic violence. The paper also delineated some policy recommendation to end domestic violence in Bangladesh. Jannatul Fardosh 2019-03-27T05:36:48Z 2019-03-27T05:36:48Z 2013 2013-06 Working paper http://hdl.handle.net/10361/11630 en BRAC University reports are protected by copyright. They may be viewed from this source for any purpose, but reproduction or distribution in any format is prohibited without written permission. 51 pages application/pdf BRAC University
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topic Women
Domestic violence
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Domestic violence
Fardosh, Jannatul
Domestic violence against women in Bangladesh: discovering two sides of a coin
description Background paper for The State of Governance in Bangladesh 2013.
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title Domestic violence against women in Bangladesh: discovering two sides of a coin
title_short Domestic violence against women in Bangladesh: discovering two sides of a coin
title_full Domestic violence against women in Bangladesh: discovering two sides of a coin
title_fullStr Domestic violence against women in Bangladesh: discovering two sides of a coin
title_full_unstemmed Domestic violence against women in Bangladesh: discovering two sides of a coin
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