Article 34 of the Constitution

Country	Bangladesh
Year	2014
Type of Measure	Violence against women > Constitutional provision
Form of Violence	Violence against women and girls

Brief Description

Article 34 of the Constitution adopted in 1972, and amended in 2014, includes the following provisions on violence against women: (1) All forms of forced labour are prohibited and any contravention of this provision shall be an offence punishable in accordance with law.

Source of Information

The Constitution of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh 1972 (amended in 2014), UN Women Constitutional Database

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