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One-Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) — Bangladesh's Hospital-Based Model for GBV Survivors

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Opened in August 2001 at Dhaka Medical College Hospital via a five-ministry, NGO and donor collaboration, Bangladesh's OCC model has since spread to other hospitals; a 2025 study rated its medical care highly but found critical gaps in legal and financial support.

284
Victims surveyed, Dhaka OCC (2006-07) (2006-2007)
46.5 %
Cases where husband was responsible (2006-2007)
68.5 %
Medical care rated 'strongly good', Chittagong OCC (2022) (2022)
83.1 %
Overall management positively rated, Chittagong OCC (2022) (2022)
One-Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) — Bangladesh's Hospital-Based Model for GBV Survivors

Details

Maturity
Established
Promoter
Dhaka Medical College Hospital / Ministry of Women and Children Affairs
Period
2001–present
Keywords
health, hospital-based services, gender-based violence, legal aid

Context

Bangladesh's One-Stop Crisis Centre (OCC) opened in the emergency block of Dhaka Medical College Hospital on 19 August 2001, the result of lobbying by women's organisations together with the Royal Danish Embassy and five government ministries, designed to provide medical care, counselling, legal support and temporary shelter in one place. The model has since extended to other hospitals, including Chittagong Medical College Hospital.

Activities

The OCC provides on-site legal aid to help survivors file cases without navigating police and court processes separately, alongside medical and counselling services.

Results

An early cross-sectional study at the Dhaka OCC (June 2006-May 2007, 284 victims) found husbands responsible for 46.5% of cases and physical assault the most common presenting harm (50.4%). A 2025 peer-reviewed study of the Chittagong OCC (124 victims, 2022) found medical care rated 'strongly good' by 68.5% of respondents and overall management positively rated by 83.1%.

Conclusions

The 2025 study identified 'critical gaps in Bangladesh's GBV response, particularly in legal and financial support services,' with financial assistance the lowest-rated component and unmarried women and adolescents reporting comparatively lower satisfaction.

Implementation
Indicative cost
Medium (€50k–€500k)
Time to results
Long (> 3 years)
Staffing & skills
Dhaka Medical College Hospital / Chittagong Medical College Hospital clinical, counselling and legal-aid staff

Conditions for success

  • co-locating medical care, counselling, legal support and shelter in one place
  • on-site legal aid removing the need to navigate police/courts separately

Common failure modes

  • critical gaps in legal and financial support services, with financial assistance the lowest-rated component
  • unmarried women and adolescents report comparatively lower satisfaction

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