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In Bangladesh, many women
and girls still suffer from forced marriages during childhood
(often they are not allowed to see their Parents nor brothers
or sisters) - no school attendance -no medical treatment - no
rights due to lacking marriage contracts - dowry - domestic
violence - assassination attempts with acid - murder for dowry
- Shallish - Kidnapping and forced prostitution or theft of
organs abroad - rape.
In an exemplary way, the ASSB fights for womens' rights. The
NGO was found by muslim women who control the organisation until
today. The ASSB works for better education, health, and income
opportunities and for a life without violence for women and
girls. |
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| Arranged marriages |
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| Poor parents often have no
choice than to marry their underage daughters (9 - 12 years)
to elderly men. |
| Domestic violence |
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cannot be stopped and in in-human and discriminating divorce
situations, the ASSB also collaborates with lawyers |
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| Marriage Contracts |
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| The ASSB fights for marriage
contracts for young women. A marrige contract prevents, that
a husband can throw his wife out of the house claiming she is
unmarried allowing him to keep his sons. In these cases, the
woman and her daughters end up on the street without money,
nor shelter nor food. . |
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| This woman lives on the
road with her child. She has nothing but her Sari and her little
girl. |
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| International Women's Day |
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| Every year in March, on the
event of the International Women's Day, there are activities
to call attention to women's achievements and to permanent contempt
of women's and human rights. |
| In Bangladesh, every sphere
of life is tradionally pre dominated by men. That's why women
and girls face major problems when they try to make their own
decisions for their lives. They are expected to obey to orders
and wishes of the male family members: fathers, brothers and
uncles. Relegation from family or ostracism are of the more
minor punishments for that. The ASSB does everything in their
power to enforce the rights of women and girls. |
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Meherun Nessa Chhabi: Commitment to Women's Rights |
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Meherun Nessa Chhobi, Muslima
herself, talks to Mullahs, community elders, pressure groups
of men and women on the issue of rights and obligations of a
couple. Sound knowledge of the Quran and intellectual Imams
help to correct a misconceived exegesis. |
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About the
life of Meherun Nessa Chhabi: I am Meherun Nessa Chhabi.
I was born on October 16, 1950 in Dinajpur town. We are five
sisters and two brothers... More
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In Workshops, she discusses
and works on problems of domestic violence, of childhood marriages,
and dowry up to divorce and second marriage.
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Women's
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