Child Marriage
Act against discrimination: New strategies to prevent child marriage in Bangladesh
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.
The child brides of Rasulpur
As Meem tended to the child, a group of girls around her age strolled past the yard.
Why laws and campaigns are failing to stop child marriage
Why parents to resort to child marriage?
Young people belong in school, not at work
Why are so many out of school then?
Opinion / Climate change is fuelling child marriage in Bangladesh
Climate change adaptation programmes must support efforts that promote greater access to quality education for adolescent girls.
Reducing preterm births is an achievable goal. Why are we failing then?
Comprehensive measures needed to tackle this issue effectively
Why is child marriage still so rampant?
Shocking revelations coming out of Brac study
National Girl Child Day / We must radically reimagine girls’ rights
Even in 2023, there are a number of very basic rights that Bangladeshi girls don't have.
FEATURE / Begum Rokeya and Begum Sufia An enduring “mother-daughter” bond
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.
Act against discrimination: New strategies to prevent child marriage in Bangladesh
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.
The child brides of Rasulpur
As Meem tended to the child, a group of girls around her age strolled past the yard.
Why laws and campaigns are failing to stop child marriage
Why parents to resort to child marriage?
Young people belong in school, not at work
Why are so many out of school then?
Climate change is fuelling child marriage in Bangladesh
Climate change adaptation programmes must support efforts that promote greater access to quality education for adolescent girls.
Reducing preterm births is an achievable goal. Why are we failing then?
Comprehensive measures needed to tackle this issue effectively
Why is child marriage still so rampant?
Shocking revelations coming out of Brac study
We must radically reimagine girls’ rights
Even in 2023, there are a number of very basic rights that Bangladeshi girls don't have.
Begum Rokeya and Begum Sufia An enduring “mother-daughter” bond
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.
Ensuring child rights: Social protection schemes are crucial
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.