Domestic Violence against Women in Bangladesh: A Critical Analysis from Social Legal Perspective

Abstract

Violence is not a very unfamiliar scenario of a third world country like Bangladesh. Domestic violence is also very much familiar in this country. But very especially the main victims of this violence are women. Because of the socio-economic situation most of the women are helpless of this type of developing countries. Most of the people believe that only financial condition and lack of education are only liable for the domestic violence against the women. I strongly believe that this is one of the reason but not the only reason. A lot of rich and literate women are also victimized for this violence. So it will be really foolish work to say economic conditions or illiteracy is the main reasons for this violence.  The renowned teacher of Dhaka University named Rumana Manjur was also the victim of this violence. So it is easy to say that the mentality of our society is liable for this type of violence. The main purpose of this article is not make criticism for this but to identify the actual reasons behind this .To find out the laws about this crime and loopholes of the application of this.

Keywords: Categories of violence, Constitutional rights, Protection, Legislation.