Everyone will admit that child marriage is one of the major problems in Bangladesh. In the past, 80 per cent of the country's girls were married before the age of 18
A roundtable on ‘Gender Based Violence in relation with Sexual & Reproductive Health Rights and Family Planning Services’ was held on Monday, 13 December 2021, organized by USAID Shukhi Jibon, ...
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 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 ...
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
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 ...
Officials of the local administration have foiled a bid to marry off a minor girl in Thakurgaon's Ranishankail upazila
M Niaz Asadullah, professor of economics at the University of Malaya, finds a growing gender balance in fertility preference in Bangladesh
Stay in a squalid refugee camp -- hopeless, starving, and made to feel a burden -- or leave, risking death, rape, human trafficking and months at sea to reach a husband you’ve never met
