Feminist Peace Network

Please check out this wonderful blog by  Rezwan, a Bangladeshi blogger living in Germany, who points out that while we observe Domestic Violence Awareness Month in the U.S., the reality is that intimate violence is a worldwide problem.  His blog aggregates a number of different posts by Bangladeshi  bloggers that show how horrendous the problem is in South Asia,

“Adhunika Blog has some shocking statistics:

Studies show that up to 3 million women are physically abused annually by intimate partners in the United States. However, the numbers seem worse for the South Asian community in the U.S, where approximately 41% of women are physically and/or sexually abused in some way by their current male partners in their lifetime. Unfortunately, the real percentage may be higher as many South Asian women are less likely to categorize various interactions as domestic violence, or are afraid or prevented from reporting such incidents.”

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