marriage age

Do not lower marriageable age of girls

The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has recommended that the women and children affairs ministry refrain from taking any legislative measures to lower the girls' minimum marriageable age below 18.

Editorial / Forced marriage of a minor

The news of three people – a mother, stepfather and husband- being sent to jail for forcing a twelve-year-old girl into marriage...

Stop plan to lower marriage age to 16, HRW urges govt

Human Rights Watch urges Bangladesh government to stop its proposal to lower the age of marriage for girls to 16 from 18.

February 26, 2016
February 26, 2016

Do not lower marriageable age of girls

The Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) has recommended that the women and children affairs ministry refrain from taking any legislative measures to lower the girls' minimum marriageable age below 18.

January 26, 2016
January 26, 2016

Forced marriage of a minor

The news of three people – a mother, stepfather and husband- being sent to jail for forcing a twelve-year-old girl into marriage...

June 9, 2015
June 9, 2015

Stop plan to lower marriage age to 16, HRW urges govt

Human Rights Watch urges Bangladesh government to stop its proposal to lower the age of marriage for girls to 16 from 18.