[Please take a look at the slides created for this presntation here: Domestic violence in Bangladesh research presentation ]

The topic that I chose for my final project for this class is Domestic violence against women’s in Bangladesh. I want to understand the nexus between how state violence and social norms embedded through patriarchy and power imbalances affect South Asian households specifically for women and femmes. These imbalances and dynamics have led to terrible outcomes where misogyny and hate have led to physical and domestic violence against South Asian women.  Domestic violence is further linked with toxic masculinity which upholds patriarchy that was further re-perpetuated under colonial rule. Domestic violence stems from the different stems of impunity that have been informed over the course of the past three centuries. These varying intersectionalities create tremendous social, psychological and physical approaches to how women’s role in society and within a household. 

I chose this topic because I personally have witnessed growing up South Asia women face various kinds of abuse and violence from their loved ones. It always came across my mind why this oppression exists and wanted to do more research on how other people I know were affected by this and to what extent this is a systemic issue facing women in Bangladesh and South Asia. I have decided to create a Public Awareness Campaign for my topic for the final project to raise awareness about what domestic violence is and how people can take action to fight against this.  I want to create a poster as well as a TV ad in order to bring more attention to the cause and solution  idea that would improve the lives of those affected. The campaign would also develop a strategy to permeate and use television, media and other digital platforms to combat narratives on domestic violence. It is imperative that folks understand the important education in calling out what domestic violence is, how it affects people and how we can raise awareness. The message is clear: the trauma of domestic violence can not be passed down to another generation of women in South Asia. The time to end it is now.