The pathways between female garment workers’ experience of violence and development of depressive symptoms
Background The prevalence of intimate partner violence (IPV) is high (54%) in Bangladesh. Moreover, female garment workers report higher rates of IPV and are also vulnerable to workplace violence (WPV). Experience … Read More »
Magnitude and correlates of intimate partner violence against female garment workers from selected factories in Bangladesh
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a huge public health, development and human rights issue worldwide. Despite the fact that working women in patriarchal contexts commonly report higher level of IPV, literature … Read More »
A cluster randomized controlled trial to assess the impact of SAFE on spousal violence against women and girls in slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh
Background Bangladesh reports one of the highest rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) in the world. Despite wide recognition of IPV as an important public health and human rights issue, evidence … Read More »
Experiencing shame: An affective reading of the sexual and reproductive health and rights classroom in Bangladesh
This paper looks at how shame functions in the teaching of sexual and reproductive health and rights in the classrooms for 13–19 year-olds in secondary schools in Bangladesh. Using the theoretical … Read More »
Disaster, Vulnerability, and Violence Against Women: Global Findings and a Research Agenda for Bangladesh
Studies of natural disasters have adequately focused on gendered aspect of disaster and women’s vulnerability and offered suitable suggestions though only few of these have focused on the issue of the … Read More »
Trend of child marriage in Bangladesh: A reflection on significant socioeconomic factors
A complicating factor for child marriage in Bangladesh is age heaping or digital preference, where young girls misreport their age, claiming to be older or younger than they are. Analysis based … Read More »
Knowledge and Perception of Early Marriage among Adolescent Girls in a Selected Community of Rangpur District, Bangladesh
Early marriage (EM) is a threatened issue for adolescent girls. The direct reproducers for future generations are adolescent girls. Healthy adolescent girl indicate healthy future generation. The health of Bangladeshi adolescent … Read More »
Health care practices of slum dweller adolescent girls in Bangladesh: The case of Sylhet city
The aim of the paper is to know the health care practices of adolescent girls living in the slum areas of Sylhet city, Bangladesh, understand their health and hygiene issues including … Read More »
Enhancing the Knowledge and Behaviors of Fieldworkers to Promote Family Planning and Maternal, Newborn, and Child Health in Bangladesh Through a Digital Health Training Package
Community health workers, also known as fieldworkers (FWs), are frontline health-care providers in Bangladesh, where unmet need in family planning outcomes related to maternal and child health are high. A digital … Read More »
Intimate partner violence and depression in rural Bangladesh: Accounting for violence severity in a high prevalence setting
Intimate partner violence (IPV) against women is highly prevalent globally, and is associated with adverse health outcomes, including depression. Though women living in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) face a larger … Read More »