In January, a sixteen-year-old Bangladeshi girl was lashed 101 times for being raped and impregnated. Her rapist was pardoned. But the case helped precipitate the most judgment yet banning extrajudicial punishment against women.
[London, October 16. Image via Getty]
[Dhaka, Bangladesh; September 14. Image via Getty]
Another day, another story about the dangers of being born female. Last night, Australia's ABC network ran a segment about the horrible reality of acid violence in Bangladesh. It is, as our tipster described it, "amazing, terrible, inspiring."
Dr. Humayra Abedin was leading a quiet life in London, far from her native Bangladesh, when she got a call that her mother was gravely ill. That, it turns out, was a lie. Her parents, claiming she's mentally ill (since she's dating a Hindu), have held her captive since August and are attempting to force her to marry.…
A reader writes: "I live in Bangladesh, where the nakshi kantha is a well-known form of folk art embroidery. Through 20 years of hard work, this art has been carefully revitalized in order to provide livelihoods to thousands of otherwise destitute Bangladeshi village women. The designs have been fully researched and…
We're not sure what any of this "means", but a study done by the English Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health has concluded that Bangladeshi girls living in the UK who wear traditional Bangladeshi clothes during their childhood are less likely to suffer from mental health problems as they get older than those…
