Browsing BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED) Archive by Subject "Violence"

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    • An assessment of male attitude towards violence against women 

      Rafi, Mohammad; Banu, Dilruba; Alim, Md. Abdul; Akter, Shaheen (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2003-05)
      Violence against women is a global burden. In violence against women wives, mothers and daughters are battered, raped, verbally abused, neglected, deprived of human dignity and means to meet their basic needs. The cost ...

    • Household violence against women in rural Bangladesh 

      Hadi, Abdullahel (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 1997-03)
      The prevalence of household violence against women is high in Bangladesh. Poverty, illiteracy and religious values are usually blamed for such violence. This report assesses the prevalence and determinants of violence ...

    • Intimate partner violence against women: experiences from a woman-focused development programme in Matlab, Bangladesh 

      Ahmed, Syed Masud (BRAC Research and Evaluation Division (RED), 2002)
      Objective: This paper explores the effect of a credit-based development interventions on violence against women (excluding sexual violence) perpetrated by husband. Methods: Data for this study originated from a cross-sectional ...