To mark International Women’s Day in Bangladesh, the Embassies and High Commissions of Brazil, Canada, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UN Population Fund and UN Women collaborated on a week of events to celebrate the social, political and economic achievements of women internationally and to focus attention on areas requiring further action.

Violence against women is one such issue. Gender violence remains widespread in Bangladesh; a recent study found that 80 percent of women in Bangladesh had experienced some kind of interpersonal violence.