Socio-legal aspects of sex crimes in Bangladesh: An analytical study

The present study was aimed to make the sociological assessment of health profile of women keeping in view the diversified gendered centric issues prevalent in most of the societies. The research was conducted in rural, urban and tribal areas of Srinagar where from a sample of 80 respondents including children, adolescents, adults and elderly was selected through stratified random sampling method. Srinagar city was purposively selected as the universe of study as it provides a living platform to multiple women with different socio-economic, cultural, occupational, educational and geographical settings. The variables selected were age, socio-economic status, occupational profile, educational status, geographical conditions and marital status. Women in Kashmir are enjoying a very poor standard of health and their issues related to health are getting intensified due to patriarchy, poverty, growing work culture, illiteracy, stress, lack of sanitation and hygiene, gender bias, increased divorce rates, unemployment, inadequate medical infrastructure and lack of proper gendered centric treatment. They are the victims of most of the diseases ranging from physical to acute psychological disorders. The development of health infrastructure across the valley is poor and uneven due to weak financial position and the local priorities and compulsions of the state government. Despite of various conventions declared over a period of time, good health for Kashmiri women is still a dream and there is the necessity of immediate initiatives on the part of government and the institution of health in particular to ensure the health of women, especially the majority of the poor and deprived.