Human Rights in Bangladesh: Case of Violence against Maid-servant in Dhaka City.

Abstract

Violence against maid servant is a serious human rights problem, associated with different health, family and social consequences in both industrialist and developing countries (Koeing et al, 2006; WHO, 2002; 2005). It is an everyday human rights problem in all parts of the world, cutting across ages, religions, societies, ethnicities and geographical borders (Garcia-monero, 2006; Gruskin, 2003; Stenson, 2004; WHO, 1998; 2002; Xu et al). Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever our nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language, or any other status. Domestic maid violence is an assault and coercive behavior, which mainly includes physical, psychological and at times sexual too, by employer or household members of employer against a person hired as a domestic help. As it is an important global issue, Maid abuse is well known but poorly documented in scientific literature. In reality, the life of these working people has not yet been investigated much and we have a very little knowledge about socio economic and human rights condition of these people. An attempt has been made in this research to understand the human rights situation of the maid servants in Dhaka city. This research however tries to identify the condition of human rights in Bangladesh in case of violence against maid- servant in Dhaka city