The report, titled ‘Ending Child Marriage – Progress and Prospects,’ was published yesterday
Bangladesh has one of the highest numbers of under-15 child marriages in the world, according to a report published by Unicef.
The report, titled “Ending Child Marriage – Progress and Prospects,” was published yesterday.
According to the report, 74% of the girls aged below 18 years are married off in Bangladesh. 39% of the girls aged under 15 years meet the same fate.
These girls are less likely to receive proper medical care during pregnancy and child birth, and they are not physically mature enough to give birth, which places both the mothers and their babies at risk.
Over 20% girls who are married off before reaching 15 years in Bangladesh become mothers of three children or more before reaching 24 years, the report said.
Child marriage among girls is common in South Asia and Sub-Saharan African region. More than 700 million women are married off under the age of 18 globally, while one in three of them are married before the age of 15 globally, according to the report.
The top 10 countries with the highest scores of child marriage are: Niger, Bangladesh, Chad, Mali, Central African Republic, India, Guinea, Ethiopia, Burkina Faso and Nepal.
Source: Dhaka Tribune
