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Bangladesh is still governed by the penal code from 1860, where induced abortion is illegal unless the woman is in danger. [1] [2] Historically, abortion has been prevalent, especially during the years following the Bangladesh Liberation War. For example, in 1972, the law allowed for abortion for those women who has been raped during the war. [2]
Country Rate per . 1,000 women per year Number of abortions per year Year Age range Greenland 84.7 870 2022 [7] [8]: 17–64 Vietnam 64.0 1,630,000 2019 [9]: 15–49 Madagascar
Women, in custom and practice, remained subordinate to men in almost all aspects of their lives; greater autonomy was the privilege of the rich or the necessity of the very poor. Most women's lives remained centred on their traditional roles, and they had limited access to markets, productive services, education, health care, and local government.
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However, abortion had been practiced by Russian women for decades and its incidence skyrocketed further as a result of the Russian Civil War, which had left the country economically devastated and made it extremely difficult for many people to have children. The Soviet state recognized that banning abortion would not stop the practice because ...
Nurjahan Begum, pioneer female journalist and editor of Begum, the first women's magazine in Bangladesh. [13] Nurun Nahar Faizannesa was a leader of the feminist movement in Bangladesh-[14] Mahmuda Khatun Siddiqua, Bangladeshi poet, essayist, and a pioneering women's liberation activist. Sultana Kamal is a Bangladeshi lawyer and human rights ...
[43] [42] In Bangladesh, 26% of the population are undernourished [44] and 46% of the children suffers from moderate to severe underweight problem. [45] 43% of children under 5 years old are stunted. One in five preschool age children are vitamin A deficient and one in two are anaemic. [46] Women also suffer most from malnutrition.
The abortion rate worldwide was 28 per 1000 women per year, though it was 24 per 1000 women per year for developed countries and 29 per 1000 women per year for developing countries. [28] The same 2012 study indicated that in 2008, the estimated abortion percentage of known pregnancies was at 21% worldwide, with 26% in developed countries and 20 ...