NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Millions of girls are at risk if the Bangladeshi government goes ahead with a proposal to lower the age of marriage to 16, Human Rights Watch warned on Monday.

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 ...

Child marriage remains a critical issue in Bangladesh, with nearly half of all girls still married before reaching the age of 18, despite a modest decline in recent years, according to new survey data ...

Bangladesh is at a crossroads of several major social and demographic trends. Women are at the centre of these trends.