ABSTRACT
This chapter focuses the light on the notion of everyday violence in order to discuss some of the mundanity and routineness of children’s experiences of violence at the intersection of physical, emotional, structural and symbolic violence. Violence has often been understood as a visible physical force – either as an actual action or threat—with the intention to hurt others which may affect victims’ health and well-being. Considering the fact that education in Bangladesh is compulsory and free only up until primary level which incorporates students aged between six and ten, many children either do not register in secondary school or they drop out earlier before completing their national-level school final exams at the end of year ten. The gendered experiences of violence are often mediated by the age of the child. Many parents expressed their concerns around their younger children’s mobility and safety, and they also believed that younger children were at lesser risk.
