ABSTRACT
Female students in Bangladesh have been instrumental in driving political and societal change through their participation in student protests. They protested against various issues, including lack of facilities and rising costs in student hostels, sexual harassment and assault, police raids and gender-discriminatory laws. Recent protests focused on a gender-discriminatory evening law imposed on female hostellers, which male students were not subject to. This chapter studies the anti-rape and anti-hostel restrictions movement of three different public universities in Bangladesh. It also analyses the language tools used by female protesters and the consequences they face. In addition, it critically evaluated existing discourses that discriminate against and harass female students in universities in Bangladesh. Finally, the chapter explored female students’ involvement in the protests and how the culture of moral policing was being practised by the administrations of educational institutions and student organizations of the ruling party to stop protests.
