Hi Everybody, Greetings from Bangladesh !
I am Ms. Quazi Baby leading an women based NGO namely Participatory Development Action Program (PDAP). PDAP is working with disadvantaged poor women, Adolescent girls and children in urban slum areas and some rural areas of Bangladesh since 1993. During working with different poor people, we have done some research work and have achieved some experiences on child sexual abuse and violence against women. As I am an women activist as well as a member of Breaking the Silence (an action group on children non-commercial sexual abuse) I can give you a summary on above mentioned issues in Bangladesh. Women's experience of domestic violence was explored using qualitative techniques in a recent study. This revealed a scale of violence against women, from non-verbal, non-physical neglect, through verbal abuse to mild and extreme physical abuse. The forms of violence which were most intolerable to women were a complete lack of acknowledgement of their existence, abusive language and regular physical beatings of a kind that could cause serious injuries. On the other hand, they accepted their husbands' right to discipline them with slap (except when they were pregnant) if they did not perform their household duties properly or displeased them in some other way. This might be for something as minor as forgetting to do a household chore or serving food that was not sufficiently hot or tasty. Another qualitative Dhaka-based study found a similar acceptance among married adolescents of their husband's right to hit them for wrongdoing: "whenever a wife does wrong the husband has every right to punish her; it is up to us to make ourselves perfect in every respect to avoid being beaten. The consequences of violence against girls extend from the physical to psychological, social and economic realms. Violence can cause enormous psychological suffering to victims, most often seen in the form of anxiety and depression. It can also severely restrict their capacity and desire to participate in social and economic life. The cost of violence-related damage to significant numbers of young females is a slower pace of development at personal, family and national levels. There is also an inter generational impact girls who witness violence against their mothers are more likely to go on to accept violence in their own marriages. If anybody is interested to know more about this, can contact with me individually. Regards, Quazi Baby Chief Executive PDAP ***End-violence is sponsored by UNIFEM and receives generous support from ICAP*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe end-violence OR type: unsubscribe end-violence Archives of previous End-violence messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/
