80.2% women victims of marital violence

According to a Bangladesh Bureau of Statistic (BSS), 4 out of 5 of married women are abused physically, sexually, economically, emotionally or through controlling behavior  by their husbands at least once in their lifetime.

The report titled ‘Report on Violence Against Women (VAW) Survey-2015’ was revealed by BBS official Jahidul Haque Sardar today at the National Economic Council (NEC) auditorium after interviewing 21,688 women, aged 15 or above, between August 13 and 22 last year.

Compared with the figures for 2011, the rate of sexual abuse of married women came down from 87.1% to 80.2%, but in cases of physical torture, it had gone up. He also added that the tendency of abusing wives is found less among educated couples, according to the study.

Planning Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal, State Minister for Women and Children Affairs Meher Afroze Chumki, among others, attended the function.
Source: http://bdnews24.com/