Social Struggle of being HIJRA in Bangladesh
Among all marginalized and violated minority groups in Bangladesh, the hijra is one of the most deprived group. Recently they have gained legal recognition as a third official gender with the … Read More »
Workplace Diversity and Inclusion Issues of Transgender Individuals in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Malaysia
One of the important dimension of social life is workplace. Transgender people have to face severe challenges as gender roles are already uneven in our society. In countries like Pakistan, Bangladesh, … Read More »
Social Exclusion of the Transgender Population (Hijra) in Bangladesh
In Bangladesh, the transgender people (hijra) are excluded from our society. Unfortunately, they are living in the extreme margin of exclusion. They cannot live their life with dignity as they have … Read More »
A Silent Health and Human Rights Issue: Child Marriage
Child marriage, not only violates human rights but also have open effect on girls’ education, health, psychological well-being, and the health of their offspring. It also raises the risk for depression, … Read More »
Scenario in South Asia: Child Marriage or Forced Marriage
Child marriage and forced marriage have complex theoretical association. Generally, in most of the cases child marriage is forced but it is legally legitimate in some forms. In our conservative society, … Read More »
Attitudes Towards Violence Against Women In Men of South Asian
There is a correspondence between gender role attitudes and violence against women. The gender role attitudes completely mediated the association between acculturation and attitudes towards violence against women. Here, lower acculturation … Read More »
Correlation between Violence against Wives and STIs
For Bangladeshi men, violence against wives is a common phenomenon. The risk regarding wives’ sexual health is higher of the men who commit such abuse. This is because these abusive husbands … Read More »
Patriarchal Beliefs and Perceptions of Abuse among Women
Patriarchy is a widespread ideology which denotes to a set of ideas and beliefs that validate male dominance over women in society. Nevertheless, patriarchy is likely to differ through regions and … Read More »
Preventing and Responding to Gender-Based Violence
The violence against women differ prominently from violence against men. Unfortunately women are more likely to be sexually assaulted or killed by someone they know than men. Gender inequality is the … Read More »
Reporting and Gender-Based Violence
Though Gender based Violence (GBV) has numerous adverse health effects, it is immensely underreported. Even the existing estimated are partially bias. Estimating GBV based on health systems data or on police … Read More »