Around 21 percent of female domestic workers in Dhaka experience physical abuse at the workplace, while 91 percent don't know about the hotline number 999 to seek help for gender-based violence, said a study conducted by Bangladesh Institute of Labour Studies.
In some states, programmes train medical professionals to spot subtle signs and symptoms of violence against women, and offer broader, long-term support.
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Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), U.S. federal legislation that expanded the juridical tools to combat violence against women and provide protection to women who had suffered violent abuses. It was initially signed into law in September 1994 by U.S. Pres. Bill Clinton. Besides changing statutes, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) was notable for calling attention to the issues of domestic violence, dating violence, sexual assault, and stalking. The original VAWA was enacted in 1994 as Title IV of the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act. Its passage provided the means for the creation in 1995 of the Office