Category: BDFA Blog
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The Messy Debate of Consent, Harm, and How We Are Responding to Methila
by Preetelata The renewed conversation around Tangia Zaman Methila has exposed a truth Bangladesh often avoids: we do not know how to talk about harm when the person responsible does not fit our usual image of a perpetrator. Years ago, Methila filmed a man inside a bathroom without his consent. That is not mischief. That…
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Daily Star, Have You Forgotten Preeti Urang?
by R. Rahman Bangladesh forgets its most vulnerable far too easily, and nothing proves this more clearly than how quickly the country stopped talking about 15-year-old Preeti Urang. Preeti, an Indigenous tea garden child worker, died in February 2024 inside the home of The Daily Star’s then–executive editor, Syed Ashfaqul Haque, and his wife, Tania…
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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…