Bangladesh faces never-ending battle against child marriage

Bangladesh faces never-ending battle against child marriage

[France24 Asia-Pacific] - 02/28/2025

Bangladesh is the country in Asia with the highest ratio of child marriages to its population. Some 38 million women are married before the age of 18, according to UNICEF – amounting to one in two women. This is despite the fact that child marriage has been illegal since a British empire-era law (…)



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