1. Welcome Presented by Vicious Cycle of Violence against Women:
Prosecution, Prevention, Protection in Bangladesh
Presented by
Shahala Pervin
Superintendent of
BD Police

2. Component
Ensuring Prosecution
Violence Prevention
Victims Protection.

3. Source : PHQ, Monitoring Cell, BD
Type and Trends FIR ( )
Source : PHQ, Monitoring Cell, BD

4. Prosecution Conviction rate in violence against women cases.
Source: Police Headquarter WOPMC statistics

5. Human Trafficking Conviction Rate Near to 6.7%
Source: Police Headquarter HTPMC statistics

6. Source: Police Headquarter WOPMC statistics 2015-2017
Conviction Rate is 18%
Source: Police Headquarter WOPMC statistics

7. 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

8. PREVENTIVE Government Educational NGO Institutions Religious Police
Media
Religious
Preacher
Educational
Institutions
PREVENTIVE

9. Specialist investigation Units
Victim Protection
Police
Court
Specialist investigation Units
NGOs
Government Agencies

10. 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

11. 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

12. Recommendation Preventing child marriage Health Drop out Dependency
un-employment
Decision making
Health
Dependency
Preventing child marriage

13. Awareness

14. Combating violence against them
Recommendation
Women Empowerment
Economical
Empowerment as
Freedom
Political
Health
Education
Social
Ideological
Outcome
Combating violence against them

16. Thanks