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Seminar on "Adolescent exposure to and attitude towards violence: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh" by Dr. K.A.S. Murshid, DG, BIDS held.

Bangladesh Institute of Development Studies (BIDS) organized a seminar titled “Adolescent exposure to and attitude towards violence: Empirical evidence from Bangladesh” on 29 August, 2018, Wednesday at BIDS Seminar Room. The paper was presented by by Dr. K.A.S. Murshid, DG, BIDS.

The study findings revealed structure (factors) of exposure and attitude towards violence, while providing information that relate to attitude formation and its prevalence, correlates, and associations in a rapidly transforming, low-middle income country in the global South.

The seminar was attended by BIDS researchers and academics. Dr. Kazi Ali Toufique, Research Director, BIDS chaired the seminar.

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