Unregistered marriage and violence against women
Under Bangladesh’s civil law, every marriage must be registered, and the legally married couple must get a marriage certificate. Photo: Star
Bokul (pseudonym) is a 23-year-old married woman from Teknaf, Cox s Bazar. She shared her troubling story in an interview for a recent study by Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD). She is the fifth wife of her husband and has two daughters: a four-year-old and an eight-month-old. Recently, her husband decided to marry again. He wants to leave Bokul and is not willing to provide her with alimony. His actions are not unusual, as polygamy is a common practice among the local, as well as the Rohingya community in Teknaf. Bokul said that her husband kidnapped their eight-month-old daughter to intimidate her and stop her from claiming her rights as his wife.
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Brac University’s Governance and Development Institute among ‘Top 40 Think Tanks Worldwide’ Star Online Report Star Online Report
Brac Institute of Governance and Development (BIGD), an independent research and post-graduate teaching centre at Brac University, has been recognised as one of the top 40 transparency and good governance think tanks and one of the top 120 social policy think tanks in the world, said a statement released by the university this morning.
BIGD was placed in the internationally renowned Global Go To Think Tank Index Report published by the University of Pennsylvania last Thursday.
It is also the only Bangladeshi research organisation to be included in the transparency and good governance category of the report, said the statement.