A recent survey by the Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics, with support from Unicef, has unravelled some bleak statistics on children from low-income households.
Progress on ending child marriage remains alarmingly slow, particularly among adolescent girls aged 15-19, MICS findings
Bangladesh has the highest prevalence of child marriage in South Asia, with 51 percent of girls married before turning 18 between 2006 and 2024, according to a report released yesterday by the United Nations.
Bangladesh has the highest child marriage rate in Asia and ranks 8th globally, with 51.4 percent of women aged 20-24 married before they turned 18, according to a Unicef report released on International Women’s Day.
Child marriage in Bangladesh hinders girls' education and lifelong opportunities.
Despite efforts and three decades of education-focused interventions, Bangladesh continues to be ranked eighth in the world today in terms of the incidence of child marriage.
As Meem tended to the child, a group of girls around her age strolled past the yard.
Why parents to resort to child marriage?
Why are so many out of school then?
As Meem tended to the child, a group of girls around her age strolled past the yard.
Why parents to resort to child marriage?
Why are so many out of school then?
Climate change adaptation programmes must support efforts that promote greater access to quality education for adolescent girls.
Comprehensive measures needed to tackle this issue effectively
Shocking revelations coming out of Brac study
Even in 2023, there are a number of very basic rights that Bangladeshi girls don't have.
Begum Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (1880-1932) and Begum Sufia Kamal (1911-1999), two icons in Bangla literature and culture, were not kins but kindred spirits.
Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian social reformer who was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize jointly with Malala Yousafzai in 2014, talks to the The Daily Star about the global child rights situation during his visit to Bangladesh on January 14-18.
Women's achievements were overshadowed by the gendered inequalities they continue to face
