If a case is filed against women, it comes in the police statistics. According to the information of the police headquarters, 16 to 25,000 cases have been filed under the Prevention of Women and Child Abuse Act from 2018 to 2023. As a result, it is seen that the number of cases is 20 thousand on an average per year.
When cases of torture are serious, they come to the media. Bangladesh Mahila Parishad has compiled the information of 35 types of women abuse by going through the news published in the newspaper last year. The number of victims women and children was about 3 thousand. This number was more than 200 in each of the first two months of this year.
According to data compiled by human rights organization Law and Arbitration Center (ASAK), last year 574 people were raped and another 33 were killed after rape. 207 people were killed by their husbands. Another 64 people were killed due to dowry. 142 women were subjected to torture for the same reason. 142 people were victims of sexual harassment. Acid has killed 10 people.
Last year, 26 thousand 797 immediate complaints were received in the National Emergency Service 999 about women abuse.
Women are subjected to harassment and mental torture online. According to data from the Police Cyber Support Center for Women (PCSW), more than 12,500 complaints of fake IDs, ID hacks, fraud, mobile phone harassment and spreading offensive content have been reported online in the last 15 months.
State Minister for Women and Child Affairs Simin Hossain (Rimi) on March 18 Prothom-aloK said that his ministry is working to create awareness, empower women and provide legal assistance to prevent violence against women. But it’s not enough compared to the need, that’s right.
