Early Marriage
Early MarriageRoundtable
Violence against Women: Reproductive health and family planning services
A roundtable on ‘Gender Based Violence in relation with Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights and Family Planning Services’ was held on 13 December 2021, organised by USAID Sukhi Jibon, Pathfinder ...
Roundtable discussion
Awareness and publicity reduce early marriage
Increasing public awareness and publicity by involving people reduces early marriage at a significant rate
Interview: Shahnaz Huda
Child marriage increases in fear of poverty, insecurity
Shahnaz Huda, a professor of law at the University of Dhaka, talked to Prothom Alo about the rising trend of child marriage during coronavirus pandemic and other issues.
Child marriage
How to bring back dropout students?
Child marriage was already prevalent in Bangladesh. No efforts from either government or non-government organisations were enough to stave off this social menace. Child marriage has turned into an ...
School closure due to Covid-19
50,000 students likely have dropped out in Kurigram
Teachers and concerned officials said this as school reopened on Sunday after nearly 18 months amid a festive atmosphere and calls for maintaining Covid-19 health guidelines
Satkhira school sees 50 child marriages
A total of 66 girls of Alipur Adarsha Girls High School in Satkhira were married off this year during the closure of the school due to coronavirus. At least 50 of them were victims of child ...
Virtual Roundtable
‘Concerted efforts can prevent child marriage’
Child marriage has increased during the coronavirus pandemic. Concerted efforts can prevent this
Father's bid to marry off minor foiled in Thakurgaon
Officials of the local administration have foiled a bid to marry off a minor girl in Thakurgaon's Ranishankail upazila
Interview of M Niaz Asadullah
'Patriarchy still shapes actual fertility decision-making'
M Niaz Asadullah, professor of economics at the University of Malaya, finds a growing gender balance in fertility preference in Bangladesh
Pakistani MP marries 14-year-old girl, probe ordered
Pakistan police have launched an investigation into the marriage of a 14-year-old girl with Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi, leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) and a member of national assembly (MNA) ...
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