Background: Domestic violence is rampant and pervasive in Bangladesh. It has become a burning question across the world on the whole year especially during COVID-19 pandemic period. The woman is generally thought vulnerable, controlled by their father, husband or son in where dominated and subjugated approach by the man even though considered as slave to men. Generally, females are thought as subordinate, inferior and subservient to males which have become common characteristics in the patriarchal society like Bangladesh. The paper briefly explores women attitude towards taking legal actions against offenders who commit assault on domestic violence against women. Method: The paper is intent to use secondary data collected from Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) accumulated published data taken from Prothom Alo, Ittefaq, Samakal, Sangbad, Janakantha, Noya Diganta, Daily Star, New Age, Dhaka Tribune (include their e-papers), some online news portals and Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK) on domestic violence against woman in the context of Bangladesh during COVID-19 pandemic period from April to August, 2020. Result: Of 303 cases, 76% women tortured by intimate partner called husband, 80% women tortured by husband’s family members, 52% tortured by own family members and 66% committed suicide are no more concerned about taking legal actions. Cases have been filled and taken judicial proceedings who are victimized on 62% murdered by husband, 64% murdered by husband family members and 57% murdered by own family members. Conclusion: The handsome number of women who are engrossed to fill case on taking legal action against delinquent if they are offenders even though a good number of women who are no more concerned to fill cases against guilty on torture, murder and ultimate outcome of torture, is committed suicide as a form of domestic violence to women in where women are victim of domestic violence within their husband, family members and own family members.
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Rab, A. and Mostofa, G. (2022). Attitude towards Prescribing Legal Action on Domestic Violence against Women: Context of Bangladesh during COVID-19 Pandemic Period. Open Access Library Journal, 9, e7680. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/oalib.1107680.
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