NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Bangladesh will be taking a step backwards in efforts to end child marriage if parliament approves changes to a law which would permit girls below 18 to be ...

Child marriage is a harmful social vice that impinges on an array of rights of a child and disproportionately impacts girlchildren in particular.

Muslim brides in Bangladesh will no longer have to declare whether they are virgins on marriage certificates, the country’s high court has ruled. Activists hailed Sunday’s decision as a landmark ...

A controversial child marriage law in Bangladesh which allows children as young as 14 to be married off by their parents was criticised by rights groups Tuesday. Parliament passed the Child Marriage ...

Talitha Kum Bangladesh is empowering religious sisters and youth communities in the South Asian country to fight against human trafficking, child marriage and forced marriage with its new training ...

Dhaka, Bangladesh, 6 December 2023 — A recent assessment by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) reveals a dramatic increase in child marriage within Bangladesh's highly disaster-prone and climate ...

Dipali Mondol still regrets that she got married at the age of 15 due to family pressure 12 years ago. The 27-year-old Catholic mother of two lives in Jessore town in southwestern Bangladesh with her ...