Each year, an estimated 12 million girls aged under the age of 18 marry against their will. These girls are usually from a poor family, and they are deprived of an education, have little in terms of opportunities, and they remain in poverty themselves. For them, childbirth is the leading cause of death.

In this episode of Human Rights Magazine, Dasheeni Joud Selvaratnam explores the situation of child marriage in Bangladesh.

The cover photo is of adolescent girls participating in a BRAC Social Empowerment and Legal Protection program.

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