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Child marriage

Nine-year-old Mim. Bangladesh
Article
19 June 2023
Painting with purpose
Art brings children into safe spaces and closer to critical services in Bangladesh
Tahmina takes a stand against child marriage. Bangladesh
Article
03 May 2023
Tahmina takes a stand against child marriage
“My mother got married when she was just 13 herself and she did not want that life for me,” says Tahmina.
A Bangladeshi girl child.
Press release
03 May 2023
Global polycrisis creating uphill battle to end child marriage – UNICEF
Slowing momentum toward eliminating child marriage most acute in sub-Saharan Africa, which is now over 200 years from ending child marriage; 1 in 4 young women still married before 18th birthday in South Asia despite progress
Season 3 of Icchedana continues the story of Tanzila, her all-girl football team and their community as they strive to make their own way, to avoid child marriage and to realise their ambitions.
Article
14 September 2022
Building girls’ confidence and changing perceptions
Sparking change through Social and Behaviour Change Communication
Season 3 of Icchedana continues the story of Tanzila, her all-girl football team and their community as they strive to make their own way, to avoid child marriage and to realise their ambitions.
Press release
13 September 2022
Tanzila battles gender stereotypes on and off the football field as Icchedana returns
A girl doing karate
Article
02 December 2021
Adolescents’ clubs offer valuable lessons to youth
Safe spaces allow children to play while learning the benefits of education and dangers of child marriage
Bangladeshi girl
Press release
08 March 2021
10 million additional girls at risk of child marriage due to COVID-19 – UNICEF
With 25 million child marriages averted in the last decade, UNICEF issues warning on International Women’s Day that these gains are now under serious threat
Bangladeshi girl
Press release
07 October 2020
Accelerated action needed to end child marriage in Bangladesh by 2030
Bangladeshi girl
Report
06 October 2020
Ending child marriage
A profile of progress in Bangladesh

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The spectre of child marriage follows girls even during the pandemic.
Article
13 September 2020
Pandemic-induced poverty pushing up child marriage
Reported cases of child marriage received by the Child Helpline 1098 increase