Statutory and Religious Rights of Women in Bangladesh: An Overview

The women are the most vulnerable part of our society, culture and religion in almost all aspects of our life. The rights ensured by the supreme law of the land, statutes and religion are also denied most of the time. Different case law provides the important decision in favor of the women and directs not to deprive them from their legal rights. Despite the religious and statutory and religious rights the women are not getting all of their rights equitable. Sometime they are neglected at their workplace, sometime at the educational institution even at her family and they are compared not enough capable with the male personnel. To remove and reduce all kinds of inequality and ensure their statutory rights the Government enacted several Acts on several occasions.