Dhaka, Oct. 1 -- Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) target ending abuse, exploitation, trafficking and all forms of violence against children by 2030. The status of Bangladesh is worse. A study revealed that a total of 574 girl children were subjected to rape in the first eight months of this year, of whom, 84 were victims of gang rape. Twenty of the children were killed after rape. Impunity, political and financial support, moral degradation along with alien cultural intrusion as well as fluid social fabrication are responsible for increasing trend of violence against women.

The Girl Children Situation Monitoring Report 2022 stated that 76 girls were subjected to sexual harassment and torture from January to August 2021, of whom, one ...