Impact of Cyber Bullying on Adolescents
Internet has made our lives much easier and it has major advantages. However where there is advantages, there must be disadvantages too. In Bangladesh; with the increasing use of internet, cyber … Read More »
Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health in Bangladesh
The cultural taboo around sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of adolescent girls, leads them to often enter their reproductive years poorly informed about SRH issues, without adequate access to SRH-related information or … Read More »
Domestic violence among South Asians in USA
Among the South Asian community in the United States, domestic violence is a prevalent problem of significant magnitude. Although the community thoroughly denies the existence of this atrocity, women have been … Read More »
Dowry and Spousal Physical Violence Against Women in Bangladesh
In rural areas, the absence of dowry demand in marriage lowers the likelihood of physical abuse to wife. Generally dowry demand predicts the extent, frequency, and severity of physical wife abuse … Read More »
Physical Violence by Husbands in Bangladesh
In both, rural and urban areas of Bangladesh, there is a high prevalence of lifetime physical spousal violence against women. Among these abused women, more than half of them are silent … Read More »
Women’s Status and Domestic Violence in Rural Bangladesh
In rural areas of Bangladesh; increased education, higher socioeconomic status, non-Muslim religion, and extended family residence to be associated with lower risks of violence. The effects of women’s status on violence … Read More »
Spousal Physical Violence Against Women in Bangladesh
Violence against women is a worldwide problem, transcending cultural, geographic, religious, social, and economic boundaries. The most common type of violence against women is domestic violence perpetrated by intimate partners. Dowry or other … Read More »
Domestic Violence in Rural Bangladesh
In rural Bangladesh, women’s social and economic circumstances may influence their risk of domestic violence. Although the pervasiveness of domestic violence against women in Bangladesh is well documented, specific risk factors are … Read More »
Prevalence of Intimate Partner Violence
Physical and sexual partner violence against women is widespread. Violence against women is a serious human rights abuse and public health issue. This paper aimed to estimate the extent of physical and … Read More »
Violence against Women in Bangladesh
Assessed prevalence of Violence against Women is extremely high in Bangladesh which is an obstacle to the atonement of equality, development and peace. Despite the seriousness of the problem in terms … Read More »