Gender based violence

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Health

The physical cost of early marriage

Early marriage often leads to early motherhood, when a girl’s body is not yet physically ready. This contributes to a lifetime of health complications, from uterine disorders to chronic anemia and...

Illustration: TBS
Panorama

Behind closed doors: Why women in Bangladesh stay in abusive marriages

Women are forced to fish in saline waters every day, risking their health to provide for their families. Photo: TBS
Panorama

How Mongla’s women are bearing the brunt of rising salinity

Women workers, students, teachers, cultural workers, and people from various walks of life participate in the “Narir Daake Maitree Jatra” programme at Manik Mia Avenue, Dhaka, on Friday, 16 May 2025. Photo: Rajib Dhar/TBS
Bangladesh

'Narir Dake Maitree Jatra' declaration calls for equal rights, social dignity

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Thoughts

The alarming normalisation of gendered harassment in Bangladesh

Students and alumni of the Mass Communication and Journalism Department of Dhaka University staged a protest at the Raju Memorial Sculpture on 13 March. Photo: Mehedi Hasan/TBS
Bangladesh

DU journalism dept students hold protest against gender-based violence at Raju Memorial

Home Adviser sets (another) dangerous precedent: Assaulted for smoking or for smoking as a woman?
Panorama

Home Adviser sets (another) dangerous precedent: Assaulted for smoking or for smoking as a woman?

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Bangladesh

What home adviser said about Lalmatia incident is wrong and why the laws matter

Illustration: Duniya Jahan
Thoughts

Victim’s name should never have been told, perpetrator’s name must never be forgotten

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Bangladesh

1 in 3 women experiences gender-based violence

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Bangladesh

Advocacy, research essential to end maternal death, gender violence: Experts

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Corporates

Gender budget framework needs to be redesigned for strengthened implementation: Experts 

EMK’s ‘16 Days of Activism’ against Gender-based violence underway 
Women Empowerment

EMK’s ‘16 Days of Activism’ against Gender-based violence underway