Child marriage is a wide-ranging problem in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has the fourth-highest rate of child marriage before age 18 in the world. Child marriage has been illegal in Bangladesh since 1929, and the minimum age of marriage has been set at 18 for women and 21 for men since the 1980s. In Bangladesh there are several factors driving the high rate of child marriage. Gender discrimination feeds social attitudes and customs that harm girls at every stage of their lives and

Education for the children is important for the all-inclusive development of a child. The holistic development includes emotional, intellectual, moral, social, physical and spiritual development. The inequities that deny children their right to quality education from early childhood through adolescence can trap young people in low-skilled, poorly paid, insecure employment, among other things, which holds back economic growth and fuels inequality. Changing demographics undersc

Prosfutita Sana, a 52-year-old housewife who lives at the ward number-4, Tildanga Union of Dacope, Khulna. Waking up before dawn every day, Prosfutita walks to a water plant to collect fresh drinking water which is about five kilometers away from her home. She returns home at noon. Without this strenuous journey through an uneven path, she won’t be able to collect water for cooking and drinking. “Though the walk itself takes two hours, I have to wait for more than two hours a

Shamim an 11-year-old boy is struggling in the Chalantika slum area in Dhaka to meet the fundamental needs of life. He is deprived of all the basic needs of life. He is missing out on a lot of opportunities. Shamim lives in the slum with his family. He has five members in the family including his father, mother and his brothers. Shamim's parents are Md. Mosleuddin and Momotaz Begum. Their home district is Bhola, it’s situated in the southern part of Bangladesh. His father is

The 4th of February is World Cancer Day. This year the theme of the Day is ‘I Am and I Will’, which refers — Whoever you are, you have the power to reduce the impact of cancer for yourself, the people you love and for the world. It’s time to make a personal commitment. World Cancer Day intending to save millions of avertible deaths each year by raising awareness and education about cancer, and pressing governments and individuals across the world to take action against the di