Child marriage in Bangladesh: Indeed, the latest official data Bangladesh Sample Vital Statistics (SVRS) 2023 of BBS paints an alarming picture of 41.6 percent of girls married under 18 and 8.2 percent married under the lower age of 15. In 2020, the respective figures were 31.3 percent and 4.9 percent. Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) 2022 reiterates such
Women in higher education in Bangladesh: When I joined IUB in 2021, merely 38 percent of its student body comprised of women. For me, that was not even close to adequate because Bangladesh’s demographic data showed a 51-49 ratio, tilted in favour of women, and I embarked on an expedition to emulate that. In the three years since then, the ratio of female students at IUB has