child marriage
'Ending child marriage will curb VAW'
Speakers at an advocacy meeting in Bhola’s Charfesson said that awareness of Kazis and Imams can prevent child marriage and ultimately help reduce violence against women.
‘626 children sexually abused in Bangladesh last year’
At least 626 children were “sexually abused” during January-December last year despite the closure of educational institutions and the absence of public gatherings amid the pandemic.
Child marriage bid foiled in Sirajganj
A seventh grader from Sirajganj’s Belkuchi upazila was saved from early marriage at the intervention of the local administration on Thursday night.
Families marry off daughters to ease finances amid COVID-19
The man first caught a glimpse of Marie Kamara as she ran with her friends past his house near the village primary school. Soon after, he proposed to the fifth-grader.
Covid-19 puts half a mn more girls at risk of early marriage: Report
An estimated 500,000 more girls are at the risk of being forced into child marriage globally and as many as one million more are expected to become pregnant in 2020 as a result of the economic impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, a study from the Save the Children revealed the information.
Covid: Bangladesh women bear the economic and social brunt the most
International Day of Rural Women serves as a reminder that a sustainable future is not possible without the involvement and upliftment of the fairer sex in the society. But like their counterparts in many other countries, women in Bangladesh too are bearing the brunt of the economic and social fallout of Covid-19.
Bangladesh has highest prevalence of child marriage in S Asia: UNICEF
Despite significant progress in recent years, Bangladesh has the highest prevalence of child marriage in South Asia and ranks among 10 countries in the world with the highest levels, said UNICEF on Wednesday.
6 schoolgirls saved from child marriage in Sirajganj
Six schoolgirls have been saved from child marriage in a single day in Sirajganj Sadar upazila, thanks to the efforts of Assistant Commissioner (Land) and Executive Magistrate Anisur Rahman.
Child marriage bid foiled, groom jailed in Brahmanbaria
The local administration foiled an early marriage attempt at Purbopara in Sadar upazila on Monday.