After violent protests last year the Bangladeshi government nearly doubled the standard minimum wage for garment workers. The minimum wage is now $43 a month but even with this increase Bangladesh still has the lowest garment wages in the world.

These private punishments significantly harm women’s and girls’ lives and health. Instead of intervening and taking active measures to prevent these abuses, the Bangladesh authorities have been mute bystanders. - Aruna Kashyap, Asia Women’s Rights Researcher at Human Rights Watch.

Sexual harassment against women in Bangladesh is turning deadly. According to local human rights groups28 women committed suicide this year to escape frequent sexual harassment.

(WNN) : Mothering in the Kutupalong makeshift refugee camp in the southwest of Bangladesh is about as tough as it gets. Without the right to work or receive humanitarian aid, women and children bear the brunt of the international community’s unwillingness to tackle a 20-year-old issue. Some mothers are as young as the age of 16. Many suffer, along with their children, from acute malnutrition, hunger and starvation. Many have little access to education or healthcare.

A survivor of an acid attack recalls the slow, painful stages of recovery it took to turn her into a counselor for others. Acid attacks are punishable by death now in Bangladesh, but new victims continue needing her help.

The strength and importance of media in a democracy is well recognised. The existence of a free, independent and powerful media is the cornerstone of a democracy in a developing nation's society like Bangladesh. As in other countries, there are two popular categories of mass media in Bangladesh -- print media and electronic media.