Dr. Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury MP, Hon'ble Speaker of Bangladesh Parliament
attended discussion on way forward to prevent VAW and Rape
representatives of 22 districts and 22
In-depth interview of 20 convicted
upazillas.
rapists with the aim of understanding
Since 25 February till 31 December
2021 total 36 consultations were held.
Among
that
2
meetings
were
organized with the committee on
prevention of violence against women
and children. 04 public hearings were
held in Feni, Gopalganj, Mymensingh
and Narayanganj. In these public
hearings, representatives from all
sectors including Madrasa teachers,
marriage
registrars,
Imams
participated.
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Group
Focused
Discussions and interview of 23 key
informants had been done.
In the consultations with the Deputy
Commissioners, Police Supers and
Civil Surgeons of 64 districts, the
Divisional Commissioners, DIGS of
Bangladesh Police and Divisional
Directors of Health Divisions were
present as Special Guests.
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their psychology were taken from
Keraniganj, Kashimpur, Comilla and
Mymensingh jails. Information was
collected from 373 victims of violence
from One-stop Crisis Center of Dhaka,
Rajshahi, Khulna Medical College
Hospitals. Interview of women and
children rape victims also was taken
from the OCC of public hospitals
through 32 clinical psychologists of
Regional Trauma Counselling Center.
Mixed methods were used in this
research.
Both
qualitative
and
quantitative methods were used.
On 19 June 2021, the committee
arranged virtual consultation with
learned Judges of 64 districts. In that
consultation
249
participants
including Judges of Tribunal on the
prevention
of
violence against
women and children , Chie f Judicial