• Throughout the world, marriage is regarded as a moment of celebration and a milestone in adult life. • Sadly, the practice of early marriage gives no such cause for celebration.
• The imposition of a marriage partner upon a child means that a girl or boy’s childhood is cut short and their fundamental rights are compromised.
• Many Bangladeshi girls are married soon after puberty, partly to free their parents from an economic burden and partly to protect the girls’ sexual purity.
Where a girl’s family is very poor or she has lost her parents, she may be married as a third or fourth wife to a much older man, to fulfill the role of sexual and domestic servant.
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