2,537 women, children fall victim to violence until June this year

A total of 2,537 women and children fell victim to various forms of violence in the first six months of the ongoing calendar year, according to the latest statistics of Bangladesh Mahila Parishad (BMP), released on Thursday.
The data collected from 15 Bangla and English national dailies in between January and June, 2016 showed that some 579 women and children were subjected to rape or attempts were made to rape them during that time. Of them, 64 were gang-raped and 15 were killed after rape.
According to the BMP press release, 406 women and children were killed, 225 physically assaulted, 170 committed suicide, 80 were killed for dowry, 205 died miraculously and 89 were assaulted for dowry.
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Source: The Financial Express


 

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