District Manager, HRLS Program, conducts a client workshop in the presence of the Upazila Nirbahi Officer, Sakhipur Upazila, Tangail. Cedit: BRAC
DHAKA, Bangladesh, Mar 16 2021 (IPS) - The 410 Legal Aid Centers that I manage in Bangladesh for BRAC’s Human Rights and Legal Aid Services received approximately 35,900 requests for assistance in 2020. Almost all of them involve gender-based violence against women and girls.
In Bangladesh, gender-based violence comes in many forms: physical abuse; husbands throwing wives out of the home in domestic disputes; husbands demanding that their wives get more dowry money from their families, and child marriage, among others. The COVID-19 pandemic has only increased the problem, as unemployment and other financial stresses have grown. BRAC documented a nearly 31 percent (8,709) increase in reported incidents of violence against women and girls in 2020 compared to the same time last year (4,566).
By Jenefa Jabbar
The 410 Legal Aid Centers that I manage in Bangladesh for BRAC’s Human Rights and Legal Aid Services received approximately 35,900 requests for assistance in 2020. Almost all of them involve gender-based violence against women and girls.
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Nevada Legislature considers sealing COVID related eviction records
NEWS: AB 141 would scrub eviction records from a renter s history if it occurred during the coronavirus pandemic due to non-payment of rent.
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LAS VEGAS (KTNV) â A bill working its way through the Nevada Legislature, AB141, would help renters who ve been evicted during the coronavirus pandemic find new housing easier without the burden of a tarnished record.
Assemblyman Howard Watts, D, District 15 sponsored the bill and has been getting flack from landlords and property owners concerned that the bill would hurt their industry that s already been dealt several bad hands during the pandemic-related economic crash.
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