With child marriage still affecting 51% of girls in Bangladesh—one in every two—the government has intensified efforts to ...

“When I got married, I was very scared. I was only 14 years old,” says Rehana, now 17, who lives in an urban slum in Bangladesh. Here, marriage this young is common, she says, despite child marriage ...

With child marriage still affecting one in every two girls in Bangladesh (51%), the government is stepping up efforts to reverse this trend.

One key factor behind its normalisation is the feudal notion of so-called family honour, which restricts or discourages women ...

LONDON (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Climate change-driven extreme weather - from flooding and mudslides to blistering heat - is accelerating migration to Bangladesh's cities, raising the risks of ...

NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Millions of girls are at risk if the Bangladeshi government goes ahead with a proposal to lower the age of marriage to 16, Human Rights Watch warned on Monday.

The absence of women's voices in parliament means half the population is denied the power to define national priorities and ...

The government has intensified efforts to eradicate child marriage through a coordinated, multi-ministerial approach ...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This story is part of As Equals, CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality. For information about how the series is funded and more, check out our FAQs. Since 17-year-old Rehana was a ...