About the Author

Hameeda Hossain is a Bangladeshi human rights activist and academic. She is a founding member of Ain o Salish Kendra, a legal aid and human rights organization, and cofounder of the English-language magazine Forum. Amena Mohsin teaches in the Department of International Relations at the University of Dhaka, Bangladesh. She has written extensively on rights issues, state, democracy, civil-military relations, and human security.

Reviews

"Eight papers and six interviews, case studies,
and narratives explore the reasons for increasing
sexual violence against women in South Asia,
highlighting the experience of sexual violence
and impunity in Bangladesh since the war for
independence, in the public and private spheres,
and during peacetime and war."-- "Journal of Economic Literature"