Executive Director of Ain O Salish Kendra Sultana Kamal yesterday said a number of influential villagers punished two women here illegally in the name of arbitration on June 26.

We often hear of housewives being tortured or killed by their husbands. Mostly, these happen for dowry or for objecting husbands’ extramarital affairs.

Different rights groups yesterday demanded exemplary punishment to sacked schoolteacher Porimol Joydhor who is accused of sexually assaulting a female student.

Domestic violence is a matter of grave concern that needs to be handled with strict law. Every day we are alarmed to hear the gruesome deeds of torture and physical abuse by the husbands on their wives.

The government had been implementing various programmes to bring the country’s women to mainstream development activities as the progress could not be attained keeping women behind, said Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina yesterday.

Different organisations, politicians, academics, professionals and women’s rights activists yesterday demanded exemplary punishment to Hasan Sayeed Sumon, who brutally tortured and damaged the eyes of his wife Rumana Manzur, a teacher of Dhaka University.

Participants of a consultation meeting yesterday pointed out flaws and gave suggestions to improve rules on Domestic Violence (Prevention and Protection) Act, 2010 for its proper implementation.

Speakers at a function here stressed the need for ensuring justice to victims of domestic violence through promoting their skills and self-help income generation.

Speakers at a function here stressed the need for ensuring justice to victims of domestic violence through promoting their skills and self-help income generation.

After nine days of anguish and trauma, the barbarously assaulted Dhaka University teacher Rumana Manjur was flown to India yesterday for better treatment.

A news item published in a national daily of June 8 that the Shoura Council of Saudi Arabia recommended to government to take necessary measures to allow Saudi women to vote in municipal elections.

This year’s budget has come as a blessing for the fair sex. Apart from the Ministry of Women, 16 ministries and four divisions will focus on gender budgeting in the coming fiscal to end gender disparities and violence, as well as to ensure women’s rights.

Speakers at an exchange of views in Rajshahi have called for social movements to combat the crimes against women, including sexual harassment.

A view exchange meeting titled ‘The role of media in preventing oppression against women’ organised by Banchte Shekha, a non-government organization was held at Danapani Restaurant in Narail on Friday.

The jihadi protests and demonstrations by a certain quarter against the National Women Development Policy 2011 reminds me of the story of the “weaver bird’s nest and the big needle” back in my childhood days. Before going to the story, let us have a look at the policy itself.