Early Marrige

A few months ago, I heard a symptomatic story about Rabia Khatun, a Bangladeshi village girl only 11 years old when she was married due to poverty. She didn’t know what it means to be a wife. Unfortunately, a year later, Rabia fled back to her parents. She was mistreated and pressured again for dowry. Her poor and landless father also failed to keep his promise to pay the dowry an illegal but common practice throughout much of rural Bangladesh”.6 If Rabia was fortunate and born in a city, the situation could be adverse and went to the school. She could be a university graduate and built her career with dedicated profession for contributing in the society of Bangladesh." [child marriageRecent economic growth in Bangladesh has not led to a major fall in poverty, least of all in found 40% of people live in poverty, with 25% of those classified by government as ‘extreme poor’ and rarely able to take advantage of the productive opportunities emerging from economic growth.