Context and Consequences of Domestic Violence Against Women in a Rural Area of Bangladesh: Analysis from Sociological Perspective

Sabina Sharmin

Abstract

Violence against women is an appalling chapter that has received considerable attention across the globe. To uphold women rights and protect them from various injustices many global initiatives have been taken, but the result is very insignificant, particularly in the case of Bangladesh. The study on ‘Context and Consequences of Domestic Violence against women in a Rural Area of Bangladesh’ is an outcome of extensive field work on this issue within the time period between June 2013 to December 2013, in a village of Narail district named Ratadanga. The broad objective of this study is to investigate the context, nature and the consequences of domestic violence against women of a particular village of Bangladesh. An integrated method has been applied in this regard. The study reveals that several socio-economic, cultural, and demographic variables and practices are responsible for the incidents of domestic violence and its effect is multifarious, which range from physical, mental, economical, and sexual to social life of the women and their children. All these make a socially both short and long term effects on the whole social fabrics, which need to be addressed immediately to ensure their rights and eliminate all form of violence against women.

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