| The 8th of March 2010, marks the occasion of
the International Women’s Day (IWD), which is celebrated worldwide. It
was launched by the UN in 1913 as a means of promoting and protecting
the equal rights of women globally. Incidents of violence against
minority women, such as rape and abduction, were reported during
February, in Bangladesh. In most of these cases the perpetrators were
in a more powerful position than the victims as they were members of
law enforcement agencies or political parties. Highly corrupt legal
institutions is one of the main causes for the lack of a proper
protection system for Bangladeshi citizens and women’s marginalised
situation in Bangladesh, due to religious traditions, social injustice,
thus making them more vulnerable. The widespread impunity in cases
regarding violence against women encourages these continuous
violations. There is still a high level of sexual harassment in
Bangladesh, which is detailed in Odhikar’s month report. For example,
there was an incident reported about a Dalit woman who was raped by a
policeman. |
