Promote Prevention, Question Criminalization Reframing Responses to Child Marriage.

Abstract

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 18% married below 15. The Bangladesh government has targeted reducing these figures to 10% and 0% respectively by 2030 as part of its National Priority Indicators (NIPs) for achieving Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)