Bangladesh Feminist Archives

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  • The Price of a “Mistake”: Why Disciplinary Actions in Educational Institutions Are Largely a Gendered Phenomenon

    by Maisha Mahjabeen In Bangladesh, when a girl gets expelled from her school or college, it is not the same as when a boy does, because often the reasons and consequences are never the same for women and men. From my experience of studying in a girls-only institution, I know that more expulsions are given…

  • How Come Our Institutions Have Such Perverted Students?

    by Asef Abdullah Content Warning: This piece includes explicit sexual language and descriptions of sexual violence taken from public online sources. The recent Reddit exposé case of BUET got me thinking, what’s the fault in our upbringing, and how can students from such reputed universities be so perverted? As the BUET exposé case is currently…

  • Hey, Bangladesh Police, What’s Wrong (as usual) with You?

    by Tanveer Anoy It’s bizarre, it’s weird, it’s inappropriate, but am I surprised? Umm, no. After the July Revolution, you have been trying so hard to fix your image. For years, you were Hasina’s obedient army of order, doing whatever she said, no questions asked. When she fled, you didn’t know what to do with…