In a speech in Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) last week, the General Secretary of the World Council of Churches challenged churches to end their denial of violence against women.
“The churches still seem to relegate violence to the private sphere, and still understand violence as only physical,” the Rev Dr Samuel Kobia, [...]

Khulna, Bangladesh, June 26 — Various organizations and individuals have been fighting for decades to ensure justice for women and children in Bangladesh. While progress has been nominal, violence continues to be notable.
Innocent souls are crying for justice. From January to March 2009, 73 women and children were the victims of rape or attempted rape; among those, [...]

Comilla, Bangladesh, July 08 — Piara Begum (age 40), a widow, and Mamun Miah (age 25), from the Debidwar Upazila (subdistrict) in the Comilla district in southeastern Bangladesh, were mercilessly whipped after a fatwa decree.
Piara Begum’s husband had died five years earlier, leaving behind five children. Locals said that, after the death of her husband, Piara developed [...]

Rupgonj , Bangladesh, July 07 — Parul Akter, a 30-year-old woman living in poverty, was missing for five days. Her mother, Nur Jahan Begum, told Asia News, “I went to visit my daughter in her husband’s house in Rupgonj on June 12th, but her husband’s relatives said that my daughter had a fight with her husband and [...]

Parul Akter, a 30-year-old pregnant woman living in poverty, was killed by her husband and others in last month. The relatives of the victims had hardly reached the local police.
The petitioner of the case Faruk hossian alleged that the police officials forced them to bribe to search for the accused.
On the other side the greedy [...]