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Rima Sultana Rimu. Rima Sultana Rimu ( Bengali: রিমা সুলতানা রিমু; born c. 2002) is a Bangladeshi women's rights activists and advocate for gender-responsive humanitarian action in Cox's Bazar. She was named as one of the BBC's 100 Women for 2020.
Those women who did marry were usually mistreated, and the majority of men, once having received a dowry, abandoned their wives. On 18 February 1972 the state formed the Bangladesh Women's Rehabilitation Board, which was tasked with helping the victims of rape and to help with the adoption programme.
Pornography in Bangladesh is legally defined as images and videos depicting nudity or semi-nudity. The Pornography Control act of 2012 criminalizes pornography and possession, distribution and production of pornographic material is illegal in Bangladesh. Maximum punishment for producing pornography is up to 7 years of imprisonment with hard ...
The status of women in Bangladesh has been subject to many important changes over the past few centuries. Bangladeshi women have made significant progress since the country's independence in 1971, where women in the region experienced increased political empowerment for women, better job prospects, increased opportunities of education and the ...
Zaiba Tahyya is a Bangladeshi women's rights advocate. She established Female Empowerment Movement (FEM) to combat violence against women and promote gender equality. The organization led various programs such as teaching women self-defense in order to diminish rape cases in impoverished areas where cases are high. [1] [2] [3] [4]
Feminist movements in Bangladesh started long before its independence. During the 19th century the social reform movement, mostly carried out by male social leaders, worked to abolish practices such as infanticide, child marriage, and widow burning. Women activists in Bangladesh organized to claim their rights during the British and Pakistan ...
The Eden Mohila College scandal is a series of events in 2022 that revealed the decade-long criminal activities including extortion, seat business, forced prostitution, led by the leaders of Bangladesh Chhatra League. The allegations of carrying out unethical activities on the campus came to light when a section of Chhatra League in the college ...