Around the world, girls continue to get married as young as age 12, often to men much older than them, in hope of a better ...

Dhaka, Bangladesh, 6 December 2023 — A recent assessment by the International Rescue Committee (IRC) reveals a dramatic increase in child marriage within Bangladesh's highly disaster-prone and climate ...

Talitha Kum Bangladesh is empowering religious sisters and youth communities in the South Asian country to fight against human trafficking, child marriage and forced marriage with its new training ...

LONDON, June 9 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Bangladesh must ramp up efforts to tackle its "epidemic" of child marriage -- a problem fuelled by the country's repeated natural disasters, rights ...

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 ...

A writ petition seeking legal rights and dignified life for Hindu women in Bangladesh has angered a section of the minority Hindu community who see it as an attempt to break their families and drive ...

Most women garment workers in Bangladesh enter marriage and motherhood in their teenage years, face widespread violence both ...

It uncovers the high toll of early marriage and reproductive issues among female workers in Bangladesh’s garment sector ...