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Women and domestic violence in Bangladesh :

Ashrafun, Laila,

Women and domestic violence in Bangladesh : seeking a way out of the cage / Laila Ashrafun. - New York : Routledge, ©2018. - xi, 180 pages ; 25 cm. - Routledge/Asian Studies Association of Australia (ASAA) South Asian series ; 2 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Methodological choice -- The girlhood and marriage: perceptions and experiences of slum women -- Liberating own space: in quest of self-identity and agency in everyday life -- Women's married life and domestic violence in the slum -- Unveiling domestic violence from the privacy of home -- Legal battles at the counseling center: what do the women get? -- Conclusions.

9780815367765 (hardback) 9781351256643 (ebook) 9780367025366


Family violence--Bangladesh.
Abused women--Bangladesh.
Poor women--Social conditions.--Bangladesh

362.8292095492 / ASW