Divided by ideology, united in misogyny: How women of July became targets across Bangladesh's political spectrum
This August 2026 investigative analysis from The Daily Star (Bangladesh) documents how women who rose to prominence during Bangladesh's July Uprising became targets of coordinated, cross-partisan misogynistic harassment online. Journalists analyzed 139 Facebook posts published between August 2024 and July 2026, finding that rival political groups — including the Awami League, BNP, Jamaat-e-Islami, and far-right accounts — all deployed strikingly similar tactics against 15 named women, including body-shaming, slut-shaming, rape threats, and doxxing, despite holding opposing ideologies. The article also examines Meta's role in enabling this abuse, noting that recent 2025 changes to the platform's content moderation policies weakened protections against gendered slurs, and that reported violations were frequently left unaddressed.
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The Daily Star. "Divided by ideology, united in misogyny: How women of July became targets across Bangladesh's political spectrum." The Daily Star, 2026. July Archive. https://julyarchive.org/sources/divided-by-ideology-united-in-misogyny-how-women-of-july-bec-cd5fb61e.
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