5688 ISSN 2286-4822 www.euacademic.org EUROPEAN ACADEMIC RESEARCH Vol. VII, Issue 11/ February 2020 Impact Factor: 3.4546 (UIF) DRJI Value: 5.9 (B+) Sexual Abuses against Visually Impaired Girls: Patterns and Consequences in Bangladesh FATEMA BEGUM POPY Lecturer, Department of Education, Faculty of Education Sciences Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh E-mail: fatema.popy@nstu.edu.bd MARZIA KHATAN SMITA Lecturer, Institute of Education & Research University of Chittagong, Bangladesh E-mail: mk.marzia@cu.ac.bd NAZMUN NAHAR CHAITEE 1 Lecturer, Department of Educational Administration Faculty of Education Sciences Noakhali Science and Technology University, Bangladesh E-mail: chaiteenaaz@gmail.com MD. RAMJAN ALI Project Manager, AHP Activation - Protracted Crisis Response Project (Funded by DFAT) (A project about youth resilience) Plan International Bangladesh, Cox‟s Bazar, Bangladesh Email: rubel.ier.du@gmail.com Abstract The main purpose of this study is to explore the patterns of sexual abuses against visually impaired (VI) girls and to find out the consequences of these events. Through a mixed research design sixty VI adolescent girls are selected purposively. For collecting data, a semi- structured interview schedule, FGD and case studies are used as tools. So, exploring the real situation both qualitative and quantitative data are collected simultaneously. From the study, it has appeared that, though almost all the VI girls had a basic idea about „sexual abuse‟, after that due to lack of their eyesight and proper prevention knowledge and training they become the easiest victims. It has also emerged that total blind girls faced more severe incidents than that of 1 Corresponding author: chaiteenaaz@gmail.com