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HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 9 Lesson 4 Bullying in Bangladesh  35% of school students experience bullying in Bangladesh: UNICEF [News Desk, bdnews24.com Published: 06 Sep 2018 03:27 PM BdST Updated: 06 Sep 2018 03:27 PM BdST.) In Bangladesh, 35 percent students aged between 13 and 15 reported being bullied one or more days in 30 days or involved in a physical fight at least once in 12 months in 2014, says a new report. Globally, half of students aged between 13 and 15 worldwide - around 150 million-report having experienced peer-to-peer violence such as physical fights or forms of bullying, from their peers in and around school, according to the report released by UNICEF. The report is based on data from the Health Behaviour in School-aged Children: Cross-national Study and the Global School-based Student Health Surveys. The data include 122 countries, representing 51 per cent of the global population of children between 13 and 15. The report finds that student...

 HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 9 Lesson 4 Sexual Harassment Sexual Harassment in Public Place Like many other South Asian countries, in Bangladesh, the gravity of sexual harassment in public space has been diluted and almost "normalised" through calling it 'eve-teasing' 'Eve teasing is just another term for sexual harassment in public space or street harassment in Bangladesh and other South Asian countries. By using a benign word such as 'teasing' to express a behaviour that is grossly inappropriate, it reduces the extent of the action, therefore, we should use the word sexual harassment instead of 'eve-teasing' in order to address this deep-seated problem of our society. Although late, policymakers in Bangladesh are also finally realising that eve-teasing constitutes sexual harassment. There is no estimate on national prevalence of sexual harassment in public spaces in Bangladesh. However, Action Aid found, that 84% of women t...

 HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 9 Lesson 4 Bullying The Burning Issue of Bullying In a study conducted in June 2021, it was found that 44.4 percent of school students in Bangladesh suffered from bullying. Bullying typically refers to deliberate actions or repeated behaviour that can be verbal, physical, psychological, or social, which cause a serious extent of intimidation or offence to someone else. Such actions undermine, humiliate, and cause both physical and emotional harm to the subjects. Young students especially tend to be extremely vulnerable to bullying, mainly because many of them are not entirely aware of the concept - that is, victims do not realise that they are being bullied, and bullies do not realise that they are causing harm. In a report by Unesco published in October 2019, it was shown that 23 percent of school students in Bangladesh are victims of bullying. In another study conducted in June 2021, it was found that 44.4 percent of school studen...

HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 9 Lesson 3 Shilpi The Story of Shilpi Shilpi was only 15 years old when she married Rashid in 2008. Marrying off daughters at an early age is a standard practice for many families living in rural Bangladesh. After her wedding, Shilpi joined a local empowerment group that provides adolescent girls with the tools needed to gradually change cultural practices, particularly those pertaining to early marriage and pregnancy. The group's activities include discussions on how to most effectively change behaviour related to reproductive health as well as one-on-one counselling. It also offers peer-to-peer support and life skills training that help adolescents say no to early marriage. The empowerment group is one of more than 10,000 groups supported by some local Non Government Organizations (NGOs) working all over Bangladesh. These NGOs work through Canada's Adolescent Reproductive Health Project which also aims to increase access to qua...

 HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 9 Lesson 2 Adolescence Adolescence and some (Related) problems in Bangladesh When a girl gets married, she usually drops out of school and begins full-time work in her in-laws household. In the in-laws' house, she is marginalized. She becomes vulnerable to all forms of abuse, including dowry-related violence. In Bangladesh, it is still common for a bride's family to pay dowry, despite the practice being illegal. Dowry demands can also continue after the wedding For an adolescent bride, even if her in-laws are supportive, there are significant health risks in terms of pregnancy and child birth. The majority of adolescent brides and their families are uninformed or insufficiently informed about reproductive health and contraception. The maternal mortality rate for adolescents is double the national rate. When adolescent girls are pulled out of school, either for marriage or work, they often lose their mobility, their friends and s...

HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 9 Lesson 2 Adolescence Adolescence and some (Related) problems in Bangladesh Adolescents constitute a nation's core resource for national renewal and growth. Adolescence is a period in life when transition from childhood to adulthood takes place and behaviours and life styles are shaped. According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), adolescence is the period which shapes the future of girls' and boys' lives. There are more than 31 million adolescents in Bangladesh; 13.7 million of them are girls and 14.3 million boys. The situation of adolescent girls in Bangladesh is characterised by inequality and subordination within the family and society. This inequality leads to widespread practice of child marriage, marginalisation or exclusion from health, education and economic opportunities, and vulnerability to violence and sexual abuse. In Bangladesh, the legal age of marriage is 18 for girls and 21 for boys. However, 33 perce...