@webarticle {760936, title = {Are you a silent observer of dowry and related violence?}, journal = {Odhikar }, year = {2014}, abstract = {http://odhikar.org/are-you-a-silent-observer-of-dowry-and-related-violence/ Every year many women in Bangladesh are killed and physically abused and many commit suicide because of the the vicious dowry practice and related violence. According to the rights organisation Odhikar, at least 2,800 women were killed, 1,833 were physically abused and 204 committed suicide because of dowry-related violence between 2001 and July 2014. By analysing the overall dowry situation, reported statistics indicate that it is only the tip of the iceberg. Majority of the victims continue to tolerate abuse, if they are not killed, all through their married life and never report it. The main reasons behind tolerating or not reporting such abuse is that they are either financially incapable of going away and protecting themselves from their abusive husbands or they are not welcome by their poverty-stricken or stigmatised parental families.}, url = {http://odhikar.org/are-you-a-silent-observer-of-dowry-and-related-violence/}, author = {Taskin Fahmina} }