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This study investigates the selective recognition of sexual violence in Bangladesh, focusing on the contrast between Bengali women and indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.

June 3, 2026Open Access

Silent Daughters in the Motherland: Ethnonationalism, Sexual Violence and the Politics of Recognition in Bangladesh

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JCJubakshi ChakravortyUniversity of Chicago

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Focused inquiry examines recognition of sexual violence in Bangladesh, highlighting ethnic and gender disparities.

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This study investigates the selective recognition of sexual violence in Bangladesh, focusing on the contrast between Bengali women and indigenous women in the Chittagong Hill Tracts.
Conducted discourse analysis on official documents, reports, and newspaper articles.
Examined narratives surrounding the Liberation War of 1971 and the Chittagong Hill Tracts conflict.
Analyzed how the state constructs hierarchies of recognition based on ethnicity and gender.
The state recognizes Bengali women as war heroines while neglecting indigenous victims of sexual violence.
Findings reveal a hierarchy in the recognition of victims that aligns with the state's ethnonationalist agenda.
The analysis highlights patterns that perpetuate gendered and ethnic discrimination in narratives of violence.

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Jubakshi Chakravorty (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a1fc76ddee9eb8c0dce84f5 https://doi.org/10.6082/9vscq-yha39

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