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HSC English First Paper English For Today - Unit 9 Lesson 4 Girl Seeking Help A female student seeking help Query I am a college student. In social media I have been facing a few problems since the very begin- ning. In the public groups and pages, I often face harassment by unknown users and strangers in the comment section. I wanted to know if there is any legal solution to my problem. Shila (not real name), Sirajganj The situation you are facing is commonly known as cyber bullying. It is basically an act done by a person(s) against another person(s) by using electronic communication, e.g. social media. A few examples of cyber bullying are- causing someone harm by posting unwanted or private information, threatening a person by sending mean messages via emails, social networking websites, text or audio messages, spreading rumours via email or social networking sites, sharing private/embarrassing pictures, creating fake profiles, etc. In Bangladesh, cyber bullying is not just an act to...

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...