According to very recent research by International Center for Diarrhoeal Disease Research -Bangladesh (June 2006), between 50 and 60 percent of women in Bangladesh experience some form of domestic violence.

One Stop Crisis Centre, a Bangladesh-based NGO that supports women victims of violence, reveals that almost 70 percent of sexual abuse suffered by women occurs within their own homes.

According to the WHO Multi-country Study on Women’s Health and Domestic Violence against Women (2005), less than one percent of physically abused women report the matter.

As per human rights organisation Odhikar’s data from 1 January 2001 to 28 February 2007, a total of 5,816 women and children were raped; 1,024 women were victimised of acid violence; and 1,884 women fell victim to dowry related violence (of them 1,241 were killed; 479 tortured, 61 suffered acid burns and 95 committed suicide).
See http://www.iccnow.org/documents/Odhikar_IWD_PR_08mar07.pdf

An estimated 200 women are murdered each year in Bangladesh when their families cannot pay their dowry, says Oxfam Australia.

The Acid Survivors Foundation (ASF), a local NGO, recorded 165 acid attacks from January to November 2006, affecting 204 victims, with the majority being carried out against women.
See http://www.acidsurvivors.org for more details.

The Law Commission of Bangladesh has recently taken the initiative to draft a Bill on domestic violence.

Experts from NGOs like Bangladesh National Women Lawyers (BNWLA) and Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), however, say many loopholes need to be addressed.
See http://www.wluml.org/english/newsfulltxt.shtml?cmd%5B157%5D=x-157-541056

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