Dhaka, March 8 -- The crucial role of women in the student-led mass uprising against discrimination and oppression is rapidly fading from public discourse, while blatant misogyny and public humiliation have taken centre stage in a matter of months.

With complaints of women not receiving proportional leadership roles after the shift in the political landscape since the July-August, 2024 protests echoing in the background, the recent surge in public hostility, mob intimidation, and violent behaviour against women has raised fresh concerns.

Against the backdrop of rising gender-based violence in recent years, recent incidents have deeply disheartened women's rights activists. Some claim that open hostility toward women has intensified rath...