Social Legal Perspective of Domestic Violence against Women in Bangladesh

In developing countries like Bangladesh, domestic violence is not a very unusual scenario. However, unfortunately the main victims of this violence are women. Because of the socio-economic situation most of the women are helpless. Most of the people believe that only financial condition and lack of education are only liable for the domestic violence against the women. Plenty rich and literate women are also victimized for this violence. So economic conditions or illiteracy is not the main reasons for this violence. The main purpose of this article is to find out the actual reasons behind this crime. It also tries to find out the laws regarding this crime and loopholes of the application of this.

Reference:

Islam, K. S. Domestic Violence against Women in Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis from Social Legal Perspective.

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