March 8 is International Women’s Day. Though 100 years have passed after its declaration, violence against women has not decreased. Domestic violence, violence related to dowry, rape, acid throwing, illegal Fatwa and sexual abuse are prominent forms of violence in Bangladesh. Poor women are subjected to violence relatively more because of their social discrimination. The […]
International Women’s Day and violence against women in Bangladesh
8 March is International Women’s day. Though a hundred years have passed since the declaration of women’s day and 39 years have passed since the independence of Bangladesh, the condition of women in Bangladesh leaves much space for improvement. Violence against women is prevalent in this country especially against women who come from the impoverished […]
Discourse on the International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women
25th November, 2010 Press Release To commemorate International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, a discussion forum had been arranged by Odhikar on 25 November 2010. Secretary of Odhikar Adilur Rahman Khan; the Chief Executive of Bioscope Kazi Jesin; the Program-Coordinator of Odhikar Taskin Fahmina; from Sromo Bikash Kendro Shahinur Begum; General Secretary of […]
Women’s struggles on occasion of 100 years of International Women’s Day
Odhikar, UBINIG and Narigrantha Prabartana jointly organised a 3 day (6-8 March, 2010) programme on women’s struggles on the occasion of the 100th celebration of International Women’s Day. Under the title‘The direction of the women’s rights movement’, a roundtable meeting was held in the National Press Club on 6th March, 2010. More than 100 women […]
International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women observed : Odhikar organised roundtable meeting and rallies
Odhikar, in collaboration with the May 18 Memorial Foundation of South Korea, organised a roundtable on 25 November 2009 at the VIP Lounge of the National Press club on the occasion of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women. Odhikar also carried out rallies in five districts to observe the day with […]
Human rights monitoring report : May 2007
human-rights-monitoring-report-may-report-2007-eng (full text in English, PDF)
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Members/Partners
- Anti-Death Penalty Asia Network (ADPAN)
- Asian Federation Against Involuntary Disappearances (AFAD)
- Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA)
- Asian Network for Free Elections (ANFREL)
- CIVICUS
- HURIDOCS
- International Commission of Jurists (ICJ)
- International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH)
- World Organization against Torture (OMCT)