‘Child marriage reached unaceptable levels during the pandemic’
Says MJF Executive Director Shaheen Anam Staff Correspondent Staff Correspondent
Although the government is committed to stopping child marriage, during the Covid-19 period, when so many of the support systems were not working, number of child marriages increased at unacceptable levels, said Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) Executive Director Shaheen Anam, after findings of a study was revealed yesterday.
A quick assessment report of Manusher Jonno Foundation (MJF) yesterday revealed that at least 13,886 girls from 84 upazilas of 21 districts were forced into child marriages from April to October last year, 48 percent of whom were aged between 13 and 15 years.