Patriarchy and purdah
Subtitle: Structural and systemic violence against women in Bangladesh
By: Habiba Zaman.
Contributors: Life & Peace Institute.
Series: Women and nonviolence series -- no. 5
Publisher: Life & Peace Institute
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Uppsala, Sweden
Language: eng
Number of pages: 44
Subjects: Women -- Crimes against -- Bangladesh.; Abused women -- Bangladesh.; Wife abuse -- Bangladesh.; Family violence -- Bangladesh.; Women -- Bangladesh -- Social conditions.
Other titles: Structural and systemic violence against women in Bangladesh; Violence against women in Bangladesh
Description: Explores the legal, religious and familial vulnerability of women to violence in Bangladeshi society, revealing how women are subordinated, controlled and made vulnerable through shame and social disgrace.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 41-44)

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