Nothing that I have to say in this article in criticism of the failures in government policy is new or clever. It is merely the umpteenth rehashing of the anger and frustration that the women of Bangladesh feel every day, both in public and in private.
We find ourselves at the outro to yet another year, and the world has to keep reminding itself, like a broken record, that all of this violence against women must stop.
Besides Domestic Violence Act 2010, there are Women and Children Repression Prevention Act, 2000 and provisions of the Panel Code 1860 to protect women and children from domestic harassment. But there is no such act or provision in favour of men who might be subject to abuse by anyone in the family