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From evidence to policy: addressing gender-based violence against women and girls in Bangladesh
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Icddr, B. |
| Copyright Year | 2013 |
| Abstract | While the majority of research in Bangladesh has focused on intimate partner violence (IPV) against women, less is known about the correlates of physical violence against unmarried female adolescents, particularly community-level characteristics that may increase their risk of experiencing violence. We used multilevel logistic regression analysis to assess the variability in physical violence against unmarried female adolescents at the community level and to explore the role of communitylevel characteristics in explaining this variability. We compared these findings to results of analyses of community-level correlates of physical violence against unmarried male adolescents and physical spousal violence against married female adolescents. The data for this analysis were taken from a 2005 nationally representative survey of 20,000 adolescents aged 10 to 24 living in Bangladesh. Data from 4,370 unmarried female adolescents, 5,197 unmarried male adolescents, and 3,710 married female adolescents were included in final models. Communities in Bangladesh have, on average, high levels of physical violence against unmarried female adolescents, and these levels vary widely across communities. Community-level acceptance of physical punishment against adolescents was related to unmarried female (but not male) adolescents’ risk of experiencing physical violence. It is important to find and target communities in which adolescent girls are at higher risk of experiencing physical violence. Programs and policies must focus specifically on changing attitudes regarding treatment of women and girls. As these attitudes accepting of physical violence are found in adolescents aged 10 to 19, school and community-based programs should particularly target this age group. ___________________________ 1 International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (icddr,b) Dhaka, Bangladesh 2 Population Council, New York, NY |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/57a08a16ed915d3cfd0005a4/VAWG_Bangladesh_Final_Report.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.icddrb.org/images/stories/WhatWeDo/HealthProgramme/GenderHumanRightsHealth/CompletedProject/report_dfid_final_22-august-2013.pdf |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
