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  Puerto Rico declares emergency state over violence against women

  Agence France-Presse . Miami, United States | Updated at 11:39am on January 26, 2021

  Puerto Rico declared a state of emergency on Monday over its deep-rooted problem of violence against women, creating new measures that activists have demanded for...

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  Recitation artistes protest at violence against women

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 10:51pm on January 15, 2021

  Female recitation artistes from Sylhet protested at violence against women reciting poems in an online programme held on Friday. The programme titled Amra Nemechhi Pathe...

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  Rape, violence against women continue

  Tapos Kanti Das | Updated at 11:55pm on December 30, 2020

  The country witnessed a widespread movement against rape, violence against women and the culture of impunity in October amid an increased number of such incidents...

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  Magura woman killed for dowry

  United News of Bangladesh . Magura | Updated at 06:18pm on December 26, 2020

  A 20-year-old woman was killed allegedly by her husband for dowry in Raipur village of Mohammadpur upazila in Magura. Deceased Munira Khatun married to 25-year-old...

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  Government must root out the root cause of rape incidents

  | Updated at 12:00am on December 20, 2020

  THE provision for death as the highest punishment in rape in the Women and Children Repression (Prevention) Act 2002, as amended through the promulgation of...

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  JAAGO, UN Women holds webinar on violence against women

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 01:30pm on December 08, 2020

  JAAGO Foundation and UN Women Bangladesh hosted a day-long virtual dialogue titled ‘Youth Combating Violence against Women in COVID’, said a press release issued on...

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  JAAGO holds dialogue on gender issues

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 12:48am on December 07, 2020

  JAAGO Foundation and UN Women Bangladesh on Saturday held a daylong online dialogue, titled Youth Combating Violence against Women in COVID-19. The online programme, funded...

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  Words demeaning to women should be changed, says Naripakkha

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:59pm on December 05, 2020

  Some words that are demeaning to women or conceal the root cause of the violence against women should be replaced with euphemisms or other words,...

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  Recitation event protests at violence against women

  Cultural Correspondent | Updated at 11:09pm on December 05, 2020

  Female recitation artistes protested at violence against women reciting poems in an online programme held on Friday. The programme, titled Amra Nemechi Pathe, was organised...

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  Speedy trial stressed to reduce violence against women

  Staff Correspondent | Updated at 11:56pm on November 25, 2020

  Different organisations on Wednesday stressed the need for effective enforcement of law and speedy trial in the cases of rape and violence against women for...