An opinion piece published in Ajker Patrika on 24 September 2026 examines the ongoing crisis of women's safety in Bangladesh, arguing that the old belief that women are safe at home while unsafe outside no longer holds true. Citing reports from Bangladesh Mahila Parishad and Ain o Salish Kendra, the author notes that a large share of violence against women occurs at the hands of people known to the victims, including relatives and family members, extending across homes, workplaces, educational institutions, public transport, and online spaces. The piece highlights how schoolgirls, university students, working women, and social media users all experience persistent fear and insecurity in daily life.

The author argues that real safety cannot be achieved through physical boundaries alone but requires a shift in collective social attitudes and rigorous, swift enforcement of the law. The piece calls for reforming family upbringing to raise confident and assertive daughters and respectful sons, ending the culture of impunity and prolonged trials, strengthening Women and Children Repression Tribunals, expanding victim support centres and one-stop crisis centres, improving public transport safety, increasing streetlights and CCTV coverage, and making the 999 helpline more effective. It further urges stricter and faster enforcement of digital security laws to address cyberbullying, image manipulation, and blackmail, alongside confidential complaint mechanisms and digital literacy education in schools, and revising textbooks that portray women as weak.