BANGLADESH INSTITUTE OF INTERNATIONAL AND STRATEGIC STUDIES

INTERRELATIONS BETWEEN VAW AND WEP: A HUMAN SECURITY PERSPECTIVE

Author: Md Rafid Abrar Miah, Shah Md Shamrir Al Af, Mashiat Noor Prapti

DOI Link: https://www.doi.org/10.56888/BIISSj2024v45n4a4

ABSTRACT

Violence Against Women (VAW) is one of the most pervasive crimes and human rights abuses threatening safety and empowerment of women around the world. The case of Bangladesh is hardly an exception. It is commonly understood that VAW may be prevented if women are economically empowered as violence against any entity is frequently assumed to be caused by subordination. The study aims to reveal the extent to which economic performance of both men and women is influencing various forms of VAW. It also shows how a human security perspective on women’s protection and empowerment can be an effective tool to mitigate violence and ensure their socio-economic emancipation. The results are extracted from secondary data that are acquired through the use of Pearson correlation and Ordinary Least Squares regression. The paper employed numerical data from the World Bank, and the Ain o Salish Kendra (ASK) of Bangladesh to accomplish this. The results of this study indicate that unemployment status of men has a proportional impact on VAW (domestic and dowry-induced), while unemployment status of women has an inversely proportional impact. This paper suggests policy intervention before examining causal factors to reduce violence against working women in the case of Bangladesh.