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Dec. 13, 2024, 10:47 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

"Rai is not unusual. Alarming numbers of pregnant women in the coastal district of Dacope, in south-west Bangladesh, have been diagnosed with pre-eclampsia, eclampsia and hypertension. Scientists believe it is linked to rising salinity in drinking water. 'High blood pressure is among the leading causes of maternal death in developing countries,' says Aneire Khan, a researcher in environmental epidemiology, who in 2008 carried out the first research into the correlation between high blood pressure-related conditions among pregnant women and salt intake from drinking water sources. 'It also makes pregnant women particularly vulnerable to pre-eclampsia, which can lead to severe headaches, organ damage and even death.' Khan conducted a second study...more
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:47 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: DACH-PRACTICE-1

"An often-overlooked effect of salinity intrusion is on the menstrual health and hygiene of women and adolescent girls, a problem that intensifies wider social insecurities. Shopna Dhali, 36, can’t afford to buy sanitary pads for her teenage daughter so when she gets her period, she uses old rags which are washed using saline water and reused. Research suggests such practices can leave women and adolescent girls exposed to various hygiene risks, such as rashes, skin diseases and uterine infections" (para 18-19).
Dec. 13, 2024, 10:47 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: CRPLB-PRACTICE-1

"There are no dividers in the maternity room shared by more than 20 women, so visiting husbands are ushered out by nurses when someone needs attending to" (para 1). "Sarker is working with more than 5,000 pregnant women in Dacope; she visits them regularly to do check-ups and holds information sessions at the Upazila Health Complex, where women and girls can drop in to discuss any issues they might be experiencing" (para 13).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: NGOFW-DATA-1

"In 2007, we came together to form the Acid Survivors' Network, with support from ActionAid Bangladesh. And with it, my dream came true. Now, I have the chance to provide vital support to people who, like me, don't want to be defined by their vicious attack. I became an integral part of the Network's formation and operation as a focal point of ActionAid Bangladesh. My role is to design projects focusing on acid survivors' empowerment, coordinate with the Network members, and conduct quarterly meetings. I also conduct different types of skill development training for survivors: on leadership, women's empowerment, and stopping violence against women. I visit survivors and guide them...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: MURDER-PRACTICE-2

"Since the day of my attack – the day that my life changed forever – I've learned that acid is used in attacks against women and girls because so much bearing is placed on their physical appearance in society. Acid attacks are used as a means to permanently scar the survivor and reinforce harmful patriarchal norms that are rooted in a male sense of entitlement over women. I rejected a relationship proposal. I was attacked with acid as a result. A woman's disfigurement becomes a public mark of shame, making it hard for her to go to school, gain employment or engage in public life" (para 9-11).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: MURDER-LAW-1

"Laws against acid attacks are often insufficient. The Acid Control Act 2002 and the Acid Crime Prevention Acts 2002, passed by the Bangladeshi Government, which restricts the import and sale of acid in open markets, were a start – and I'm pleased to say that there has been a 75% reduction in reported cases in Bangladesh since 2002" (para 32-33).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: MURDER-DATA-2

"The Acid Control Act 2002 and the Acid Crime Prevention Acts 2002, passed by the Bangladeshi Government, which restricts the import and sale of acid in open markets, were a start – and I'm pleased to say that there has been a 75% reduction in reported cases in Bangladesh since 2002" (para 33).
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: MURDER-DATA-1

"On 30 July 1995, I was at home. It was night when I started to hear strange noises. My mother and I thought we were being robbed, but the reality was much worse. There were 11 boys – I recognised one of them. He was two years older than me and had told my friends he liked me and wanted a relationship with me. I had refused. That night, he threw acid over me. I was 15 years old. When it first happened, I didn't realise it was acid. My neighbour came to my house and told me that my face was turning black. I was in a lot of...more
Dec. 6, 2024, 10:15 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: DMW-PRACTICE-1

"Legal reform must be coupled with changing social norms that permit men to assert power over women, the same norms that place value on women and girls based on their appearance" (para 36).
Dec. 4, 2024, 4:38 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: PW-LAW-1

"Legal and recognized, but often heavily taxed" (para 18).
Aug. 10, 2024, 2:57 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh, Chad, Gambia, India, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Mali, Mauritania, Palestine, Papua New Guinea, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Togo
Variables: MULTIVAR-SCALE-6

14.0
March 31, 2024, 3:14 p.m.
Countries: Albania, Angola, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Benin, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Rep, Comoros, Costa Rica, Cote D'Ivoire, Croatia, D R Congo, East Timor, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Fiji, Gambia, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guinea, Honduras, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lesotho, Liberia, Macedonia, Malawi, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Namibia, Nepal, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Korea, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, Uruguay, Uzbekistan, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Variables: TRAFF-SCALE-1

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March 30, 2024, 10:05 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: TRAFF-DATA-1

According to the U.S. State Department's 2023 TIP report, Bangladesh ranks as a Tier 2 country (85).
March 11, 2024, 2:26 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: IRP-LAW-1

"Is selling sex criminalised? Selling of sex is legal but associated activities are criminalised. Soliciting in public is illegal (punishable by prison for 1 month or a fine). Keeping a brothel criminalised and brothel defined as any premises where two or more females conduct sex work. Is buying sex criminalised? No. Is organising/managing criminalised? Yes. Keeping a brothel, allowing a premises to used as a brothel, living on the earnings of sex work and procuring a female for purposes of sex work all criminalised (Suppression of Immoral Traffic Act 1993). Also an offence for third parties to import, export, sell or hire a woman for sex work (Oppression of Women...more
Feb. 2, 2024, 6:33 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: DV-DATA-1

According to 2022 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, the proportion of ever-partnered women and girls (aged 15-49) in Bangladesh who have been subjected to physical and/or sexual violence by a current or former intimate partner in their lifetime is 50 percent (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:24 p.m.
Countries: Angola, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Comoros, Congo, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Equatorial Guinea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guyana, India, Indonesia, Laos, Mozambique, Namibia, Nepal, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, Senegal, Solomon Islands, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Uganda, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia
Variables: MMR-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:19 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: MMR-SCALE-1

123
Jan. 24, 2024, 3:15 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Bangladesh, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Fiji, Gabon, Guatemala, Guyana, India, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kosovo, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Moldova, Morocco, Nepal, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Somalia, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tunisia, Turkey, Yemen
Variables: ERBG-SCALE-1

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:06 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Barbados, Benin, Cameroon, Chad, Congo, Cote D'Ivoire, Denmark, Estonia, Gambia, Guinea, Iceland, India, Liberia, Maldives, Mali, Mauritania, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Norway, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Solomon Islands, South Sudan, Togo
Variables: DACH-SCALE-2

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Jan. 24, 2024, 3:03 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belize, Bhutan, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Brazil, Brunei, Bulgaria, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Georgia, Guatemala, Honduras, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Jamaica, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Macedonia, Malaysia, Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Mongolia, Montenegro, Morocco, Nicaragua, North Korea, Oman, Palestine, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Suriname, Syria, Tajikistan, Trinidad/Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam
Variables: DACH-SCALE-1

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Jan. 21, 2024, 11:10 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: MMR-DATA-1

According to a 2023 report on global trends in maternal mortality from 2000-2020 published by the WHO, UNICEF, UNFPA, World Bank Group, and UNDESA/Population Division, in 2020 the maternal mortality ratio (per 100,000 live births) in Bangladesh was 123 (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 20, 2024, 1:37 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: ERBG-DATA-2

According to 2023 World Bank Gender Data collected from the most recent ILO modeled estimates from 2020 onwards, the female laborforce participation rate (as a percentage of the female population ages 15+) in Bangladesh is 37.7% (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Jan. 7, 2024, 3:30 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to the World Bank, as of 2021, life expectancy in Bangladesh is 74 years for women and 71 years for men (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Dec. 28, 2023, 2:18 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: DACH-DATA-1

According to 2019 data from the WHO's Global Health Observatory, average life expectancy in Bangladesh is 73.0 for men and 75.6 for women (KMM-CODER COMMENT).
Oct. 12, 2023, 3:59 p.m.
Countries: Algeria, Bangladesh, Belize, Bolivia, Botswana, Burma/Myanmar, Cambodia, Cape Verde, Djibouti, Dominican Republic, East Timor, Ecuador, Egypt, Fiji, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, India, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Libya, Mongolia, Morocco, Nepal, Nicaragua, Oman, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Syria, Turkmenistan, Uzbekistan
Variables: BR-SCALE-1

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Sept. 29, 2023, 9:40 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: BR-DATA-1

"17.3 births per 1000 population"
Sept. 8, 2023, 10 a.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: AOM-DATA-2

"Women who were first married by age 18 (% of women ages 20-24) is '51.40%'"
June 17, 2023, 5:11 p.m.
Countries: Afghanistan, Algeria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Central African Rep, Egypt, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, India, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Mongolia, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, South Sudan, Sri Lanka, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, Yemen
Variables: MARR-SCALE-2

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March 20, 2023, 10:37 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: MARR-LAW-7

"The parties must not be related to each other in any degree of consanguinity or affinity which would, according to any law to which either of them is subject, render a marriage between them illegal." (ERD- Coder Comment: The religions in this country allow for cousin marriage which means that it is legal to marry ones cousin in Bangladesh).
March 3, 2023, 12:52 p.m.
Countries: Bangladesh
Variables: MARR-PRACTICE-8

"This study aimed to assess the prevalence, sociodemographic factors, reproductive consequences, and heritable disease burdens associated with consanguineous marriage (CM) in Bangladesh. A total of 7,312 families, including 3,694 CM-families, were recruited from 102 locales of 58 districts of Bangladesh. Using a standard questionnaire, we collected medical history and background sociodemographic data of these families. Family history was assessed by pedigree analysis. Fertility, mortality, secondary sex ratio, selection intensity, lethal equivalents were measured using standard methods. The general attitude and perception toward CM were rather indifferent, and very few people were concerned about its genetic burden" (1-3). "We conducted a comprehensive survey to study the prevalence and obstetric, congenital, and...more