Sunday, November 10, 2013

Illegally Bound

Bangladesh in Numbers - Illegally Bound
Illegally Bound

Let Dhaka's modern ways of life not be an excuse for us to be oblivious to how women are really treated in Bangladesh. Bangladesh in numbers presents the ugly truth about child marriage. According to Plan Bangladesh and ICDDR,B, 64% of all women in Bangladesh between the ages of 20-24 were married before the age of 18.

Sources:
www.facebook.com/bangladeshinnumbers
www.icddrb.org/media-centre/news/4156-national-survey-by-icddrb-reveals-prevalence-of-child-marriage-in-bangladesh
www.unicef.org/sowc09/docs/SOWC09-CountryExample-Mali.pdf

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