Keeping girls in schools to reduce child marriage in rural Bangladesh | Zendy

Sigma Ainul | Zendy; Md. Noorunnabi Talukder | Zendy; Md. Irfan Hossain | Zendy; Forhana Rahman Noor | Zendy; Iqbal Ehsan | Zendy; Sajeda Amin | Zendy; Ubaidur Rob | Zendy

AI Assistant Blog Pricing

Home ZAIA Blog

Open Access

Keeping girls in schools to reduce child marriage in rural Bangladesh

Author(s) -

Sigma Ainul,

Md. Noorunnabi Talukder,

Md. Irfan Hossain,

Forhana Rahman Noor,

Iqbal Ehsan,

Sajeda Amin,

Ubaidur Rob

Publication year - 2020

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Reports

DOI - 10.31899/pgy14.1007

Subject(s) - drop out , psychological intervention , child marriage , livelihood , intervention (counseling) , economic growth , population , psychology , political science , socioeconomics , sociology , geography , agriculture , demographic economics , economics , demography , archaeology , psychiatry

Bangladesh has made considerable progress in improving access to education at all levels for last two decades. Despite these impressive gains, Bangladesh continues to face challenges of student drop-out at the secondary level. Girls drop out of school earlier than boys because of child marriage. Targeted policies and interventions designed to improve mainstream educational attainment and decrease child marriage may be the effective and sustainable way to address both issues.

The content you want is available to Zendy users.

Already have an account? Click here to sign in.

Having issues? You can contact us here

Accelerating Research