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A sliver of hope in ensuring children’s rights
NCF aims to establish ‘violence-free community’ in all districts across the country. PHOTOS: COURTESY OF NATIONAL CHILD FORUM
According to the United Nations Children s Fund (UNICEF), Bangladesh has the second highest number of child brides in the world – 4,451,000. More than 50 percent of women in the country who are now in their mid 20s were married before they turned 18. Almost 18 percent of them were below the age of 15.
In 2013, Bangladesh enacted new legislation for the benefit of its estimated 70 million children, the Children Act, 2013, officially known as the Shishu Ain, 2013 , stating that it was enacted for the purpose of implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), 1990.