| Autor: |
Sajeda Amin, Johana Ahmed, Jyotirmoy Saha, Eashita Haque, Md. Irfan Hossain |
| Rok vydání: |
2016 |
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| DOI: |
10.31899/pgy9.1009 |
| Popis: |
Child marriage forces girls into sexual relationships for which they are not physically or emo-tionally prepared. It can cause them to drop out of school and it limits their opportunities for community participation including employment. A delayed marriage greatly improves a girl’s chances for a healthy happy productive life. And the benefits of a later marriage go beyond the girl: her children family community and country experience better health economic and social outcomes. Programs that elevate girls’ visibility and status in their families and communities and build their skills and knowledge have been shown to delay marriage in different parts of the world. However in Bangladesh where efforts to prevent child marriage have focused on the enforcement of laws and policies little research exists on what approaches work best to de-lay marriage and why. The BALIKA project implemented a randomized controlled trial involving more than 9000 girls aged 12–18 in 72 intervention communities and 24 control communities within three districts of Bangladesh to determine what works to delay child marriage. This is the first rig-orously evaluated study to provide evidence on approaches to delay child marriage in Bangladesh. Girls who attended Balika’s weekly sessions were one third less likely to be married as children.The programme provides girls with education and skills for modern livelihoods as well as engaging their communities. (excerpt) |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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