Bangladesh: Follow-up to Responses to Information Requests BGD20878.E of 12 June 1995, on the Muslim women's organization "Suravi"; BGD20879.E of 14 June 1995, on the necessity of parental consent for a Muslim couple to marry; BGD20880.E of 8 June 1995, on the Jatiya Mahila Party; and BGD20881.E of 20 June 1995, on violence against Hindu women at university
| Publisher | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada |
| Author | Research Directorate, Immigration and Refugee Board, Canada |
| Publication Date | 1 September 1995 |
| Citation / Document Symbol | BGD21791.E |
| Cite as | Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada, Bangladesh: Follow-up to Responses to Information Requests BGD20878.E of 12 June 1995, on the Muslim women's organization "Suravi"; BGD20879.E of 14 June 1995, on the necessity of parental consent for a Muslim couple to marry; BGD20880.E of 8 June 1995, on the Jatiya Mahila Party; and BGD20881.E of 20 June 1995, on violence against Hindu women at university, 1 September 1995, BGD21791.E, available at: https://www.refworld.org/docid/3ae6aac27b.html [accessed 26 May 2023] |
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For information on these subjects, please consult the attached letter dated 27 August 1995, which was faxed by the Bangladeshi women's organization Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), in Dhaka, in response to questions from the DIRB. The attachment from Encyclopedia of Women's Associations Worldwide provides a brief discription of this organization.
This Response was prepared after researching publicly accessible information currently available to the DIRB within time constraints. This Response is not, and does not purport to be, conclusive as to the merit of any particular claim to refugee status or asylum.
Attachments
Ain O Salish Kendra (ASK), Dhaka. 27 August 1995. Letter faxed to the DIRB.
Encyclopedia of Women's Associations Worldwide. 1993. Edited by Jacqueline K. Barret. London: Gale Research International Ltd., p. 47.
