When the entire country is reeling from an endemic of early marriage, rights activists today renewed their calls to gear up efforts to address the sufferings of early married girls.
While talking to BSS, Project Director of Initiative For Married
Adolescent Girls' Empowerment (IMAGE) Farhana Jesmine Hasan said a week-long campaign for early married girls with the slogan "I do exist" launched on March 5 aiming to remove the ordeal of early married girls in the country.
As child marriage is an epidemic in Bangladesh, it must increase efforts along with launching massive awareness campaign to combat the social problem, she added.
On the occasion of the International Women's day, with the joint initiatives of five partners of IMAGE, funded by the Embassy of Netherlands to Bangladesh, it is launching the week-long campaign focusing on empowerment of married girls, Farhana said.
The five partner organizations are Terra Des Homes Netherlands, RedOrange Media and Communication, SKS, PolliSree and Terra Des Hommes Lausanne.
As part of the weeklong programme, a 12-team of IMAGE and other partner organizations joined a rally of Sammilita Samajik Protirodh, a network of 72 organizations today aiming to raise voices to uphold rights of women in every spheres of society. Training and Capacity Building Specialist Nazneen Begum Pappu said, "We have joined the rally of Sammilita Samajik Protirodh, to express solidarity with its programmes taken on the occasion of the International Women's Day."
She said the rally was brought out with different slogans "Ensuring
recognition of women's success and achievements in society". The state must take necessary initiatives to establish women's rights in every spheres of society, she added.
According to a report of UNICEF, the rates are still high as 66 percent of girls are married before the age of 18 and over one third of girls are married before the age of 15.
About child marriage, health experts said it causes various health
complications among the pregnant mothers, which lead to preterm birth with low weights. They said child marriage is also responsible for poor health condition of both mothers and their babies.
Source: BSS.
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