Violence against Women - A Study Done in the One-Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Abstract

Objective: This study aims to describe main perpetrator of violence area and prevention of violence against women. Study design: A cross sectional study was carried out in One-stop Crisis Centre (OCC) of Dhaka Medical College Hospital, Dhaka, Bangladesh during the period of June 2006 to May 2007. Methods: 284 victims reported in OCC during the study period were selected as cases for the study and quantitative information was collected from them using cross sectional for the present study. Results: Study shows that most of the violence is done by husband (46.48%) and prevalence is more in rural areas (80.98%) in comparison to urban area (19.02%). Physical assault is the most common type of violence (50.35%), followed by sexual assault (36.63%) and burn (13.02%) Housewives are tortured more (67%). Conclusion: Proper implementation of existing rules and community based interventions for raising awareness about the domestic violence against women are recommended. Key words: Violence against women; assault; human rights; one-stop crisis centre (OCC); Bangladesh. DOI: 10.3329/jdmc.v19i2.7077J Dhaka Med Coll. 2010; 19(2) : 98-101

Advancing Gender Equality

“…Further, the survey indicates that 82 per cent of women have experienced psychological violence, 65 per cent have been physically abused (which includes attacks by acid, knife or burning), 53 per cent have faced economic violence (which includes demands for dowry) and 36 per cent have faced sexual violence at some point in their life (Hossen 2014). Occurrences of domestic violence are higher in rural areas (80.98 per cent) than urban areas (19.02 per cent) (Khanom, Saha, Begum, Nur and Tanira 2010). While women are largely unaware of their rights at one level, 1 those who muster the courage to seek help are often left to struggle with an unwilling and unhelpful institution (One-Stop Crisis Centre cited in Islam 2011).…”

Commentary: Sustaining progress towards comprehensive reproductive health services in Bangladesh

“…The government of Bangladesh partnered with NGOs to deliver services to the urban poor (Afsana & Wahid, 2013 ). Moreover, increased attention was given to violence against women, including the establishment of one-stop crisis centres in public hospitals for women survivors of violence (Khanom, Saha, Begum, Nur, & Tanira, 2010 ).…”