A place without women also makes her nervous, she said, speaking at a discussion at the High Commission of India in Dhaka on Sunday. High Commissioner Harsh Vardhan Shringla organised a book reading session ‘Unbound: Celebrating Women’s Voices’ in collaboration with Dhaka Lit Fest. Bangladeshi writer and academic Razia S Khan joined Zaidi at the session moderated by translator and academic Fakrul Alam. The issue of sexual assault and harassment is now widely talked in the world after the beginning of #MeToo campaign. Women are using this hashtag for publicly naming and shaming the perpetrators in an attempt to demonstrate the widespread prevalence of sexual assault and harassment, especially in the workplace.

Source: bd News24 November 11, 2018 20:26 UTC