Welcome Presented by Vicious Cycle of Violence against Women: Prosecution, Prevention, Protection in Bangladesh Presented by Shahala Pervin Superintendent of BD Police
Component Ensuring Prosecution Violence Prevention Victims Protection.
Source : PHQ, Monitoring Cell, BD Type and Trends FIR (2015-2017) Source : PHQ, Monitoring Cell, BD
Prosecution Conviction rate in violence against women cases. Source: Police Headquarter WOPMC statistics2015-2017.
Human Trafficking Conviction Rate Near to 6.7% Source: Police Headquarter HTPMC statistics 2015-2017
Source: Police Headquarter WOPMC statistics 2015-2017 Conviction Rate is 18% Source: Police Headquarter WOPMC statistics 2015-2017
Reasons for low Conviction Rate. Sample size (Investigating Officers) 200 Victim Compromising Attitude 30% Poor Collection of Physical Evidence 16% Delayed Reporting to the Police Station 15% Lack of Eye Witness 12% Lengthy Process 10% Non-Cooperation of Public Prosecutor 8% Mistake of Fact 5% Insufficient Number of Women Police 2% Other Reasons Source : Field Survey, January 2017
PREVENTIVE Government Educational NGO Institutions Religious Police Media Religious Preacher Educational Institutions PREVENTIVE
Specialist investigation Units Victim Protection Police Court Specialist investigation Units NGOs Government Agencies
Violence against women cases investigated by women police officers Year Dowry Telated violence Rape Sexual Harassment Abduction Acid Violence Other Forms of Violence Total of Violence Case ended Ongoing Investigation 2015 120 66 25 73 4 5 293 2016 173 127 46 103 9 462 2017 230 69 22 67 1 2 391 389 Source: WSAID, Dhaka
Ways for ensuring judgment Sample size (Investigating officers) 200 Coordination Among Police, Public Prosecutor and Judiciary 51% Non-Contamination of physical Evidence 21% Awareness to the Educational Institutions 13% Quick Report to the Police Station 10% Increase Women Police in the Police Station (Thana) 2% Other Ways 3% Source : Field Survey, January 2017
Recommendation Preventing child marriage Health Drop out Dependency un-employment Decision making Health Dependency Preventing child marriage
Awareness
Combating violence against them Recommendation Women Empowerment Economical Empowerment as Freedom Political Health Education Social Ideological Outcome Combating violence against them
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