Tag:women rights

The Ministry of Women and Children Affairs continues to insist that recruitment will be completed “shortly.” Until then, 373 unpaid workers remain the thin line between Bangladesh’s formal commitment to protect survivors of rape and the practical reality of a system under severe strain.

Guterres has called on Taliban authorities to lift restrictions on women and girls, protect media freedom and due process, prevent further violations of the general amnesty, and end corporal punishment.

UNAMA’s quarterly report highlighted sections of the ministry’s law, claiming it imposes new restrictions on women. It stated that the law formalises previous decrees and broadens existing limitations while introducing additional ones.

Many studies show how women and gender-diverse people are more commonly targeted by technology-facilitated violence. This problem is now further compounded by the legislative...

Swara, also known as Vani and Budla-i-sulh, is dispute resolution method where women and girls are given in marriage or servitude to an aggrieved...

Although Bangladesh has now adopted a zero-tolerance approach to extremism, efforts are lacking to counter violent ideology and behaviours by non-state actors. The conventional...