Violence Against Women and Role of Economic Performance- The Nexus: A Study on Contemporary Bangladesh

Through the lens of naked eyes, violence against women can be prevented if women have access to education and participate in economic activity. Multiple pieces of research absconded this phenomenon by quoting, ‘employment is not empowerment.’

Methods

Considering violence against women as one of the severe forms of disempowerment, the authors further extended this concept by using different sets of data to unmask how different types of violence against women are being impacted by the role of the economic performance of both men and women. With the numerical data of different sources i.e., World Bank and Ain o Salish Kendro, the authors have opted for Pearson correlation and ordinary least squared (OLS) method of regression to unveil the associations followed by magnitudes.

Results: This study finds that unemployment of men impacts on violence against women (domestic, dowry induced, and rape) in proportional and of women in inversely proportional manner with non-monolithic magnitude in this regard. Conclusion: This paper suggests immediate deterrence prior to understanding the contextuality and the pedagogy.