Despite rapid economic growth in Bangladesh, child marriage remains a pressing concern with over 50% of women in their mid-20s married before the age of 18 and nearly

With the global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aiming to eliminate child and early marriage by 2030, there are renewed and magnified efforts to address the issu

Interaction in public spaces is a crucial component for the development of girls in their early and late adolescence as they prepare for a life of adulthood.

India has the distinction of being the first country in the developing world to initiate a family planning programme-it later came to be called the Family Welfare Programme (FWP)-with a view to bring down the country's fertility level and contain population growth.

The recent decline in fertility in Bangladesh froin a total fertility rate of 6.3 children per women in 1975 to 3.5 in 1995 (MHPC, 1978:73; BBS, 1996) has created interest among researchers, policy makers and academicians.