Crowds of Bangladeshi female students marched in Dhaka with burning torches, demanding the government stem a reported dramatic surge in violence against women.
Some amongst the chanting crowd said that they had hoped that the student-led revolution that toppled autocratic ex-leader Sheikh Hasina in August would help improve the situation for women.
Some amongst the chanting crowd said that they had hoped that the student-led revolution that toppled autocratic ex-leader Sheikh Hasina in August would help improve the situation for women.
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00:00Break the masalas with your hands.
00:02No, you say something.
00:04No, you say something.
00:06Let's go.
00:08Let's go.
00:10Let's go.
00:22Actually, when we want to create a new Bangladesh through a big movement,
00:28we want to make sure that women have equal rights.
00:32We want to end ageism.
00:34We want to change the way we look at women and society.
00:42We are witnessing a massacre.
00:46We were waiting for the women to come out of the hall and take the name of the government.
00:54We were waiting for the women to come out of the hall and take the name of the government.
01:00We wanted to create a movement in Bangladesh,
01:02so that women can have equal rights and the number of massacres will decrease.
01:10But we are witnessing a huge number of women being harassed and abused.
01:24How can we end the discrimination against women?
01:30If women are the ones who are supposed to be in power,
01:34the society won't let us.
01:36I don't know how to study.
01:38I don't know how to study.
01:40I don't know how to study.
01:42I don't know how to study.
01:44I don't know how to study.
01:46I don't know how to study.
01:48I don't know how to study.