Violence Against Children

Personal Knowledge about Violence

Violence is something I am too familiar with when it come to my husband's childhood. He grew up in a very abusive household. He has two brothers and two sisters and they faced the same punishment. His father was the breadwinner and mom was the homemaker that took care of the kids and her husband. They barely made enough to get by and to feed the entire household was difficult on a daily basis. His dad would come home every evening after work and have dinner. After dinner he would have a nightcap and then he would verbal abuse his wife and the kids. When he was done using his mouth, he would use his hands. It was a situation that they lived with well into their teenage years. The problem that they faced was their mother would protect their father. They did not want to go against her words and defend themselves. It was a very weak situation, that they only survived it because they moved on in their own personal lives. 

My husband choose to become a police officer, so he could protect people and feel that he was doing something for the right. My husband and his siblings went through years of consistent violence, but now I can tell you my husband still looks after his father in his old age. Many people ask him why and all he says is you can not choose your parents but you choose do right by them to show you are a good person. I commend him everyday for putting his troubled past aside. He is strong man and an amazing father to our son. 

Violence Against Children in Bangladesh 

Children in Bangladesh faces violence on a daily basis. They are subject to several types of violence throughout their lives:

1. Domestic Violence

2. Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

3. Violence at Workplace

4. Rape, Abuse and the Safe Custody

5. Acid Throwing

6. Political/Hartal Violence

7. Corporal Punishment 

8. Death Penalty/Capital Punishment

The boys and girls in Bangladesh face violent situation on a daily basis due to their status and their beliefs. Girls are attack with acid if they do not return the affection of love. Some are married off to men that sexually abuse and exploit them. Children their are abused in sweatshirts that supply overseas companies. The children are treated badly throughout the day, force to work long hours to earn next to nothing. they can hardly survive with the money they are given. Girls that try to work outside the home to earn money are abused and raped by their employers and they cannot do anything but endure the pain. If a girl is known to have been raped, she faces alienation from her country  her family and their secret beliefs  She has been raped and now she is punished for something that should not have been allowed to happen. Boys and girls that should be protected by the police and given a safe place to hide in turn end being violated and something even murdered by the police. Political abuse most frequently happens to children that live on the street due to abandonment or any hardships that forced them on to the street. Children are also treated the same as adult prisoners and face the same punishment no matter their age. 

Laws and Acts that help to combat the violence against have been created and established but they do not guarantee the protection of the children. The Children Act of 1974 intentions are to maintain the protected custody of children provided by law enforcement but some children are still subjected to cruelty from police, magistrate and other officials. Prevention of Repression of Women and Children was enacted to help deter violence against them by enforcing strict punishment as a consequences.

Kabir, M. (2001). The Protection of Children from Violence. Law Watch.