Bangladeshi women's rights proposals face Islamist backlash – DW – 05/29/2025
Beenish Javed
| Akanksha Saxena
05/29/2025
May 29, 2025
A women's rights commission in Bangladesh has proposed reforms to Bangladesh's interim government, calling for the criminalization of marital rape and equal rights for all women. But the plans have met resistance from Islamic organizations.
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