Police in Bangladesh launch all-woman team to fight digital abuse

The all-woman police team was to make women in Bangladesh more comfortable with reporting harassment they experience. The unit will not reveal the names of the women who complain. Photo: Visualhunt

Police hope the unit will encourage more women to come forward to report digital abuse including so-called revenge porn, the hacking of their social media accounts and online threats from blackmailers.

"We have different teams working with cyber crime in the police... but many (women) don't want to approach these areas, that's why we have created an all-woman team," said Benazir Ahmed, inspector general of police.