Children born of war-time rape go through lifelong trauma REUTERSThe war babies of 1971 are still without a support systemAmong the many other issues it dealt with as part of its post-reconstruction, Bangladesh faced a horrific reality -- the war babies, children who were born of rape. The nature of sexual violence that the Pakistan Army and its collaborators committed against Bengali women included physical torture, rape, sexual slavery, forced pregnancy, and so on. A history of rapeDuring World War II, the issue of children born of rape was first publicly announced and discussed. Measures were also taken to send many of the war babies -- those born as a result of wartime rape -- abroad for adoption by foreign families. It is to be done to remove the scar imprinted not only to rape victims but to society and the nation” (Qaiser, para 991).

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 10, 2020 20:26 UTC