Gender based violence is rising. Bangladesh stands second in the world in terms of violence against women in different forms like women battering, wife beating, domestic and dowry-related violence, acid attack, rape, physical and verbal harassment, fatwa, sexual harassment in the workplace, trafficking and prostitution, polygamy and child abuse. The rate of violence against women has dropped by 4.9 percent in between the years 2011 and 2015. Abusing rate was 87.1 per cent in 2011 which came down to 82.2 percent in 2015 and in the Daily Star newspaper came down to 80 percent in 2016. Around 72.6 per cent of women who are married in Bangladesh experience one or more such forms of violence it the hands of their husbands at least once during their marriage and 49.6 percent of lifelong married women suffered physical violence, 28.7 percent emotional violence, 27.2 percent sexual violence and 11.4 percent financial violence according to the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics. Gender discrimination also leads to women having less opportunity. The literacy rate for women in Bangladesh is only 43.2%, while 61.0% of Bangladeshi men are literate. The unemployment rate for women is 70.7%, much higher than the 12.4% unemployment rate for men. Most of the victims, around 39.7 percent, of forced or coerced sexual intercourse, are aged between 15 and 19. Child marriage that legitimizes sexual abuse of minors must be stopped immediately. The government should enhance legal and criminal justice systems to prevent further violence and need interventions to change male attitudes.