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Muhammad is leading change to end child marriage

“Before, we thought the earlier we married girls off, the better it was. Now, it’s the complete opposite,” says Muhammad, a community leader. In rural communities in Bangladesh, girls as young as 10 are at risk of child marriage. In Muhammad’s community, pulling girls out of school and marrying them off so young was considered normal. But when he attended community workshops on the dangers […]

Mothers Empower Girls to Stay in School

Around the globe, extreme poverty holds mothers and girls back in so many ways. For instance, in countries like Bangladesh, adolescent girls are often forced into arranged marriages to alleviate the “burden” they have on financially strapped parents. As a result, these girls have to stop playing with their friends, attending school – and stop […]