An angry group of about 1,000 women and men from Chirirbonder upzila, Dinajpur district in Bangladesh demanded action and change in the way people and officials treat women. In an unprecedented show of solidarity, the villagers organised a rally and gathered at the police station in April this year to protest against inaction and indifference of the people and officials in the case of rape of the eleven-year-old daughter of a volunteer of the ‘We Can’ campaign.

In a memorandum, to the nirvahi officer, they demanded action against the offender. The angry protesters say, “Change will happen in our homes, society and institutions only when each one of us is instrumental in making it happen.’