Of them, 1,672 women and 424 children endured the violence for the first time during this lockdown. The survey statistics were unfolded by MJF Violence Against Women (VAW) Co-coordinator Arpita Das during an online press conference on Wednesday. Of them, 424 were subjected to domestic violence, while 33 children were married off. They just confessed that they were subject to violence, they could not tell how.”When asked if the violence scaled up, the executive director said: “In normal time, domestic violence is usually not reported. So it can not be said that it has increased.”The panelist also said that women do not want to speak about domestic violence for maintaining peace at home.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 06, 2020 09:31 UTC