Dr. Sohela Nazeen, Adjunct Fellow of BIGD provided lecture on ‘Negotiating Gender Equity in Bangladesh: The Case of Domestic Violence Act 2010’ at the 18th Monthly General Meeting of the Asiatic Society of Bangladesh on Saturday, 22nd August 2015 at the auditorium of Asiatic Society Bangladesh. She presented the emerging findings from the Bangladesh part of the research on Gender and Political Settlement with the Effective States and Inclusive Development (ESID) Research Center, University of Manchester, UK. Dr. Nazneen also focused on what drives gender equity in Bangladesh, specifically looking at the domestic violence Act of 2010, in her speech.