35.3% parents marry off underage daughters in fear of sexual

A recent Plan International Bangladesh survey found that 35.3 percent of parents marry off their underage daughters in fear of sexual harassment, while roughly 25.6 percent of parents give in to child marriage out of concern of societal divisiveness.

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