Stop racially-biased attention when dealing with sexual harassment of women

Recently “Days of Our Lives” star Arianne Zucker sued former co-executive producer Albert Alarr, accusing him of sexual harassment on the set of the long-running daytime show. The complaint, filed 7th February 2024 in California Superior Court, alleges Alarr repeatedly subjected Zucker and other “Days” employees to “severe and pervasive harassment

A Tale of Cities

For decades, urban practitioners have failed to consider the needs of women in city decision-making and planning. Imagine being a young girl in a bustling metropolis. Every day she hesitates to go to school, tries different routes on the public bus, walks miles in the hot sun, to avoid the sexual

CU Student Assault: Police seek 7-day remand for arrestees

Police have sought a 7-day remand for five Bangladesh Chhatra League (BCL) activists who were arrested in the case filed over the sexual harassment of a female student at Chittagong University. The arrestees were identified as Mohammad Azim, 23, a second-year student of History department of CU, Nurul Absar alias Babu,

Complaint filed against 2 DU students for sexual harassment

A former female student of Islamic University in Kushtia has brought a sexual harassment allegation against two Dhaka University students. The victim filed a written complaint to the DU Proctor office yesterday (May 18, 2022). The complaint stated that the DU students--Rakibul Hasan and Rafayet—sexually harassed her at Suhrawardy Udyan on the

Sexual harassment of NSU female student: probe on going  

An allegation of sexual harassment to one of the NSU female students by an adjunct faculty has come to the notice of NSU authorities. A high-powered committee has been formed with the Treasurer as its convener for investigation. The matter is also under investigation by the Complaint Committee operating at NSU as

813 raped, 112 sexually harassed in 8 months: Report

813 women were raped and 112 girl children were sexually harassed in last eight months in Bangladesh. According to a report of the National Girl Child Advocacy Forum (NGCAF) published Thursday, 140 women and girl children were abducted and trafficked abroad, reports jagonews.  NGCAF Editor Nasima Akter Jolly presented the "Girl Child