Child marriage in Bangladesh: too young to wed
The programme 101 East travels to Bangladesh to find out why young girls are often forced to marry men twice their age.
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A wedding the next day
In Bangladesh, a 13-year-old girl is preparing for her wedding. She is to be married the following day.
Child marriage is illegal, yet it is not unusual. Almost a third of all girls in Bangladesh marry before they are 15.
Their future is bleak. They face dangerous childbirth, even death, sexual violence and a life close to slavery.
Help from an unexpected source
But help is coming from an unexpected place: a young man from a rural community who has made it his life's goal to end child marriage.