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2013-07-29 06:25:23 UTC
65pc of girls married off early
Senior Correspondent
bdnews24.com
July 27, 2013
Sixty-five percent of girls in Bangladesh are being
married off in their childhood, trapping them in a
'vicious cycle of poverty and ill health', experts at a
roundtable said, calling for action to break the cycle.
Married off before 18, the minimum age set for marriage
by the country's law, one out of three child-wives become
pregnant, contributing to the high maternal mortality
rate, a study has found.
It is mainly worries of security and dowry that drive
parents to marry off their daughters early, researchers
said at a roundtable arranged by NGO Brac and the English
daily The Independent.
They said education and employment could make a big
difference.
Employment alone would not be enough. They have to feel
that they have a future career in the job they do, so
that they continue (with the work), Bracs Director
Kaosar Afsana said.
She suggested a multi-sectoral approach to break the
vicious cycle of child marriage, poverty and ill health.
Findings presented at meet showed that adolescent girls
had poor knowledge of reproductive health.
Continues at:
http://bdnews24.com/health/2013/07/27/65pc-of-girls-married-off-early
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
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Senior Correspondent
bdnews24.com
July 27, 2013
Sixty-five percent of girls in Bangladesh are being
married off in their childhood, trapping them in a
'vicious cycle of poverty and ill health', experts at a
roundtable said, calling for action to break the cycle.
Married off before 18, the minimum age set for marriage
by the country's law, one out of three child-wives become
pregnant, contributing to the high maternal mortality
rate, a study has found.
It is mainly worries of security and dowry that drive
parents to marry off their daughters early, researchers
said at a roundtable arranged by NGO Brac and the English
daily The Independent.
They said education and employment could make a big
difference.
Employment alone would not be enough. They have to feel
that they have a future career in the job they do, so
that they continue (with the work), Bracs Director
Kaosar Afsana said.
She suggested a multi-sectoral approach to break the
vicious cycle of child marriage, poverty and ill health.
Findings presented at meet showed that adolescent girls
had poor knowledge of reproductive health.
Continues at:
http://bdnews24.com/health/2013/07/27/65pc-of-girls-married-off-early
Jai Maharaj, Jyotishi
Om Shanti
http://groups.google.com/group/alt.fan.jai-maharaj