Epidemic of Child Marriage in Bangladesh

Bangladesh has the highest rate of child marriage of girls under the age of 15 in the world, with 29 percent of girls in Bangladesh married before age 15, according to a UNICEF study. Two percent of girls in Bangladesh are married before age 11. Successive inaction by the central government and complicity by local officials allows child marriage, including of very young girls, to continue unchecked, while Bangladesh’s high vulnerability to natural disasters puts more girls at risk as their families are pushed into the poverty that helps drive decisions to have girls married.

[@elliotdawson9721]

If you educate a women, you educate a family. If you educate a girl you educate the future. ~Queen Rania.

[@trickster_198danny5]

Women r mothers Motherhood=teacherhood They rise u to be better person but u never respect her

[@Rolando_Cueva]

A woman*

[@jasianoor6152]

She is the best queen in this world

[@jessicasolomon6986]

Absolutely correct Elliot🌺

[@leylaford620]

It is easy to say "Don't have children if you cannot afford them." When you're 11 and married, I don't think you have a choice not to have sex with your husband who may be much older. To have or not to have children there is not a matter of choice but a matter of time.

[@jeandavies1788]

Totally agree this there they have no choice bless them and they are just children it does my head in , in America where they use it and are protesting all they have to do is keep their legs shut or use something condoms you have to protect yourself against disease also it’s called responsibility imagine they lived here they’d realise how lucky they were now rape on the other hand is more understandable but I don’t agree abortion late at all up to 6 weeks if the woman has severely been effected obviously they all have but that’s also my story I learned to treat the child as a gift from god and is an adult now obviously you worry about your going to feel when you first see them I know all them emotions and it’s extremely hard but the love is no different that’s my child and wouldn’t change a thing ever I don’t understand how they can see a new born baby and still want it killed they actually sell them to tortured and for their blood adrenachrome and organs they make a fortune behind the scenes it’s disgusting as soon as you feel your child move inside you there’s instant love I had to overcome anxiety and depression but it’s not the child’s fault at all they also sell them to couples who can’t have children which is probably the best outcome from the rest at least they want and they’ll love the child it’s a money maker for them so for them that think happily they’re child is dead don’t be so sure or what they’ve been through before death these women can see a new born baby taken to be killed should be locked up 😣

[@banjotiki3910]

​@@jeandavies1788You're absolutely insane 😂😂😂 There's no such thing as "baby taking to be k! l3 d after birth". Every place where abortion is legal has a restriction on in which week of pregnancy it won't be allowed anymore, and the latest is 5th month 😅

[@iiiiiiaaaandidiwinnnneo]

But that's where poor people make mistakes. They could buy condoms. They don't buy condoms bcz it's expensive and then suffer from. Poverty because they have 10 children 🙃 Knowledge is important.

[@JFsebastiansDolly1187]

STOP building your house on the riverbanks. You'd think the man would realise after the second house washed away!

[@esmerlda199516]

yes,that was exactly what i was thinking

[@premwattiechuraman2092]

they are so stupid

[@omarkhodammi7132]

NO. SO POOR .WHEN YOU HAVE NO WHERE TO GO AND THE ONLY PLACE YOU COULD AFFORD IS THE RIVER BACK WHAT DO YOU DO ??

[@JFsebastiansDolly1187]

omar khodammi He's building his own house, which didn't require planning permission. Moving the house back even by a few feet is universal common sense, it's got NOTHING to do with expense....and you know that.

[@omarkhodammi7132]

spidermonkey BANGLADESH IS LOSING IT'S LAND TO RISING WATER DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING AND MELTING OF THE ICE CAPS IN NORTH POLES .BANGLADESH IS VERY FLAT AND ANY TYPHOON COULD DAMAGE THE COASTAL AREA AND MILES OF INLAND AREAS .BANGLADESH IS ONE OF THE MOST POPULATED PLACES ON THE EARTH AND LAND IS VERY SCARCE AND EXPENSIVE FOR MAJORITY OF THE PEASANTS .WISE UP !!

[@knuxnbatSunnyDIY]

Those wedding Busters are the best of souls...

[@serajkhan4055]

Sunny-Of-All-Trades

[@serajkhan4055]

Sunny-Of-All-Trades

[@rafikkhanrafikkhan9030]

+Seraj Khan $)

[@rue3725]

Why bother having kids if you can't afford them. This really broke my heart.

[@omarkhodammi7132]

rutendo muregerera BECAUSE FUCKING MOHAMMED HIMSELF MARRIED A 9 YEAR OLD .VASSALAM FUCK-ISLAM .

[@aishauk100]

rutendo muregerera it's not illegal in the U.K. You clearly ain't left America honey ! Americans are so uneducated about the world

[@aishauk100]

rutendo muregerera agreed with the last bit girls should not be seen as a burden

[@1cut32]

rutendo muregerera and why refer to these daughters as burdens :'(

[@colleenschwab]

It is not illegal to abort in the USA or most western countries, only in 3rd world countries, and countries governed with backward religious rhetoric. In many parts of India when contraception is introduced to poor communities, the birthrates drop, and poverty decreases.

[@ImtiredofUok]

Instead of building 5 houses he should have built a houseboat

[@bilalfaruk10]

A girl is a human being and has a right to life,education and to enjoy....The parents are noone to deny them rights and surprisingly the government is failure in taking legal action to that... I respect girls and their feelings and I suggest everyone should do that.... A home without daughters is just like a river without a spring

[@rajvinderkaur7213]

Bilal Noorany you sound like a good person to be saying that for girls I agree with you.

[@kyliealexaanderson4292]

Bilal Faruk i agree.

[@trishatate7760]

The part about this documentary I disliked , is it's focus on Child brides... the reality is the grooms and brides are both children. The boys lives are equally affected. They are forced to quit their educations as well, and inherit financial responsibilities of providing for their families plus one and more because the children are pressured to have children within the first year or two of their marriage.

[@HolyDeathVoodooQueenDarkOne]

Exactly

[@longwhitemane]

I can't even imagine what it would be like to be so poor, that you had to give your children away or marry them off because you couldn't feed them. I feel so bad for these families and I wish something more could be done to help them.

[@Pipsqwak]

Notice that they're not giving away their sons.

[@longwhitemane]

@@Pipsqwak Right, simply because sons were more valuable. They could work and make money for the family. While the daughters could have been sent to work as well, they didn't earn as much.

[@kintija_xox6012]

I would better starve then make my child marry at 11

[@happyjimin1712]

I would

[@nakedshadows]

Would you rather have your daughter starve or marry her to a family who can provide for her? .. that’s usually the question parents in Bangladesh face.

[@snizzlefrazzy]

nakedshadows A lot of times these girls are beaten by their so-called husbands. The only thing the husbands provide is abuse and denying them their right to an education.

[@nakedshadows]

Lauren Janell this happens but it’s not the norm.

[@Madhulikayaps]

@@nakedshadows at the cost of what? Some older man forcing a CHILD to sleep with them?

[@claudettemessado3586]

The beauty of youth, the unbridled lust of men, the love of money, and they call it CULTURE! PEDOPHILIC SOCIETY is a better description this thing!! My heart cries for these little girls...

[@ChrisDragon531]

Ok the one girl who said her brothers gave money to someone to change her age to 18. Didn't they just say earlier that the reason they married her off was because her parents didn't have a lot of money. So they don't have the money for her to go to feed her but they have enough money to pay someone to change her age on a certificate so she can be married off? Wouldn't that be more expensive honestly? What sense does that make?

[@nazbites]

Chris P it's not as expensive as waiting for her to turn the legal age. Not justifying child marriage, just facts.

[@walkingwanderers9136]

Yeah but feeding her and educating her until she turns 18 would need more money than changing the age in certificate

[@mariyabiswas3391]

​@@walkingwanderers9136 Education isn't that costly here in Bangladesh but competition is hard as hell. In nationally arranged exams for 5th,8th,10th and 12th we need to score at least 80-96% on average. Then comes Uni admission where we get 1 or 2 attempts to sit for entrance exam for some 1000-3000 seats at different Unis against some 60k-250k selected top students. And there's no on campus placement and the most desired jobs are govt jobs specially the Bangladesh Civil Service and among the Uni Graduates,only 0.01-0.02% can crack here. This is why,girls of middle class families with poor grade are married off and in case of extreme poverty,girls work as maid or garments workers. And Boys with poor grade start working in various sectors based on their family background.

[@fortunate10]

😢😢😢😢😢poor girls being forced to marry old men......so sad

[@peteryourown5443]

But that is normal in Islam

[@blinkatoraurora7426]

@@peteryourown5443 if the girl didnt wana get married then its totally haram to force Her to get married

[@daizz5500]

@@peteryourown5443 shut your mouth if you don't know

[@soldierofziaurrahman]

@@peteryourown5443 " in Islam, it's haram In Bangladesh, it's allowed"; So the problem isn't Islam, but Bangladesh.

[@cutedemon1476]

Ifaz Khan, the problem is also not Bangladesh, the problem is a group of sick people.

[@giornatadeliziosa]

8:06 ooh she's really pretty!

[@bethhaines6340]

These girls parents need to be educated about the long term damage that child marriage can cause so that their eyes can be opened to what child marriage does to young girls and what the long term consqquences are

[@allaineemmeren7807]

Parents should be educated too. How could they let their children suffer? Tsssk!

[@joyyaa]

It’s so true my grandparents had my mother at 16 while my grandfather was way older then her it’s truly disgusting.. it annoys me how they don’t even teach these kids about sex education and they leave it to the day of there marriage laws should really come into place

[@evkamirgo4880]

Ano!!!!!!!

[@mahmudemon5182]

Now Bangladesh government taken necessary steps for Child marriage. Currently, it is develop & taken action against parents. I think after couple of year it will decrease gradually. Inshallah

[@moniratasneen5165]

i am also bangladeshi , i feel very sad for them

[@midunkrishnang]

Give ua number

[@assassinskillz123]

I feel sorry for all those girls and want to help them all out. May Allah make everything easy for them

[@rajvinderkaur7213]

don't have kids if you can't afford them.

[@bethhaines6340]

Educate a girl and you give her wings for her dreams to fly on,marry her off and youve just condemned her to misery

[@iam1toughact2follow60]

My heart really truly goes out to them .

[@SobayoSowemimoCoker]

Thanks for uploading this video onto KZbin

[@MayaShantiSoulpeace]

I feel so sad for these girls...and it can't be funny for the men marrying a tiny, sad girl...There are some brave people in BD trying to prevent child marriage and to educate against it. I hope the change will come yet I'm aware of the difficulty to brake old traditions.

[@mohimarosette977]

my mum was born there and she told me my grandma married as a young girl as both of her parents wear I'll on there deaths beds and that was like 90 years ago it's hurts me that that sick govment allows this.if the government helped the people parents would not feel to do this some people feel the girls will be in a better place if they got married.but I still don't agree with it.things like this happens all around the world the sick governments make it happen.

[@mohimarosette977]

***** I hear you one day I want to help cuz at the end we all going to die and take nothing but greedy people will never understand.it just puts me in tears as if few people help the poor and needy we won't have so much problems peopl can't and don't know what people go though in the poor parts of the world it is so insane that children have to go though this we all sorround by a government who dose not care but you know they will pay the price.I hope one day Allah will sort out all the disruption in the world

[@mohimarosette977]

Trust I hear even my own family members are greedy even tho they not that needy and to be honest I'd rather help the poor than them I hope so belive if I could I would adopt but when I do go there I want to make a childrens home for some these children I hope I get to meet some good hearted people who be able to help witch ever way they can I hope at least god will help

[@antifeministreloaded4676]

What's sick in that !? Girl upon reaching puberty can marry

[@mohimarosette977]

12 year old girls can start puberty of cource it's wrong in other countries children are dieing from child birth rape ect

[@mohimarosette977]

I work with children and yes there are few that start at that age not all there body and mind has not even grown yet for marriege and sad thing is they have no say.my gran was married at age 6 becouse both her parents wear dieing but I know lot tradition do marry the young girls with out there consent.there few children who are fighting to stop child marriege but I don't think it has got any wear as it is a large number of young girls it is happening to and the government over power them.

[@bethhaines6340]

That's the consequence of a lack of education and awareness

[@deannayoung5311]

God will punish these men 🤨 For what man is doing to his children... There tears is God's promise He will punish all these men!

[@cuddleangel9658]

Not the country plz just the people who is givimg child marrige because i live there..... So plz what if someone say to you...

[@deannayoung5311]

@@cuddleangel9658 I agree with you 💐💞 Thank you for sharing this I changed my comment To these men" 👍🤗

[@cuddleangel9658]

Aww thank you may god bless you and your family and take you to heaven 😘

[@KeshiaK39]

I'm sorry, this is wrong and disgusting...NOT okay !

[@irenewanjikushinking8351]

say no to early child marriage it is a shame to see that happening and the government do nothing and the parents two

[@honeyapple6858]

I'm so glad I don't live there! I feel so bad for those girls

[@jihanraiyan3303]

It's not about living there, be blessed that you have money and everything that so many people don't have.

[@cuddleangel9658]

I live there......

[@busybanny]

I am from bangladesh.. And I can assure you that you will hardly find child marriage in our country now besides it is also banned by goverment now, minimum marriage age for girls 18 and boys 21 now...

[@LordOfSeamenAndTestickles]

Not really

very typical case that the environment affects directly the social dimension, causing impacts essentially to the poor. sad :(

[@mnalaka5068]

In Sri Lanka, it must be 18yrs, unless you can't get marriage, even it is content of both party/ parents, you have to wait, otherwise every one will be fined or jailed..Everyon knows this, very few used to live together and rest most of children used to study in very competitve way, this helps Sri Lankan literacy rate over 95% both boys and girls which finally support to develop the nation, making only Most human develop ranking in South Asia and 6/7th in Asia and 71 in World....What I say children should have education and marraige law must be 18yrs...AND STOP POVERTY

[@yourelbyno]

To everyone in this comment who thinks this is "fake" let me tell u that i am a citizen of bangladesh and it is 100% true child marriage exists in bangladesh, not only in this country but pakistan and india as well. This mostly happens in the lower class families who cannot afford to educate their children. At one time these low tier people used to make their daughter marry a boy who has minimum income because they couldnt afford to take care of them and used to make their sons study. Now what happened is these low tier family have gotten into such dangerous habits that when they're daughter and sons reach at the age of 10-15 they make the girl marry a much more older person for example 10 years even 23 years older than their daughter just cuz they have money, and they make the boys forcefully get into small works for example factory cleaning or other type of really small income jobs that hardly pay them 10 dollars a month but still they greed for that ten dollars and their daughter's husband's money.

[@loveiyourself8363]

this honestly broke my heart so sad 😞

[@simeamativatogise2530]

How can they just let their little precious gift married to soon. They're children, not mature, not well develop physically (bodies), cognitive (their minds), and social and emotionally... They have no idea of what marriage life is, this is so sad and ignorant...Even if they're poor that doesn't mean for their parents to just give them away. How about the life of this innocent children?? The sad part of it is when they have intercourse while the child is only 8...It breaks my heart what these little girls had to go through. People needs to be educated in order for them to be able understand life. This has to stop in Bangladesh. The parents of these little girls need to be put away for good.

[@Soulintune77]

Simeamativa Togise the problem is that girls ain't considerd as a precious gift but a filthy burdn among these ppl

[@donnabrown1549]

Simeamativa Togise What can we do? Maybe if some celebrity got involved.. Not enough people know or care. Awareness and visibility is needed

[@debabrataroy3127]

In Bangladesh poor people are aware of girls education . But because of poverty they hardly can continue their daughters educational expense . By the way girls are smart and more understanding than boys of their age . Girls ( from village and poor family ) are used of watching child marriage . They also see none is reacting against this . So they also get used of this .

[@jinggarcesa5913]

The state of mind of this kind of parents is no good the government should put them in jail

[@jihanraiyan3303]

I think the real problem is money, when they're poor they're going to think this way

[@googleuser4053]

Im so happy to see younger population who is trying to fight the system . Shame on Bangladesh government

[@bethhaines6340]

To say that a young child brides life is over once she says i do is a flippin understatement

[@bethhaines6340]

Its so wrong these poor girls getting married before theyre ready having kids before theyre ready sacrificing their childhoods before theyve even started to dream about what they want to be

[@bethhaines6340]

We over here in australia dont know how lucky we are,what we take for granted poor families would give the world to have,like a nice comfy chair to sit on, good and decent education,being able to go to uni,and fulfill their god given potential

[@jotakanim]

Moin don't give your kids . You make them . Be proud .

[@jenalyncalunsag9480]

The govt. Should provide or think some livelihood programs for the poor families. To survive somehow. And teach them on how to reach their dream by completing their schools.

[@bethhaines6340]

Poverty is the burden not their daughters

[@dailyskepticism2907]

All married bcz of Their poverty... 💔

[@bethhaines6340]

Its so sad that these people cant get educated more cos it would certainly go a very long way towards preventing the lives of these precious girls from being forever destroyed by child marriage

[@Raysmobileonsite]

How about you stop building your house on the riverbank? Then you won't "have" to sell your daughter for cash.

[@iMusikkForeva]

+Rand Central Station "Oh yes, lets just choose to live in poverty and cause distress to the family, when we could very well afford a nice flat surrounded by gardens and a waterfall in the middle of the capital city." They have no choice. Land costs money, which they don't have. Housing costs building costs, which they don't have. And rented places cost RENT, which they can't give. Also, they wouldn't even be close to their only source of income. Some ignorant people in this world, I swear.

[@RayRand]

+iMusikkForeva Bullshit. They have no choice but to sell their flesh and blood into slavery? It's part of the culture. Thats why they do it and there is no excuse. The reason why this still happens is because they don't value female human beings .. not enough to refrain from selling them to the highest bidder anyway.

[@iMusikkForeva]

Ray R As if you've lived in Bangladesh and have witnessed this first-hand. Even if it is true, the matter of the argument wasn't of that in the first place. The guy above is acting like its the choice of these poor people to live in this state. It's not. Although, the child marriage epidemic in Bangladesh mostly IS a result of poverty. You wouldn't see people of good income marrying off their daughters in BD. The country is way ahead in development of women's rights and social milestones, outnumbering a multiple amount of nations as stated by the UN. Currently, there are more girls enrolled in primary and secondary schools than boys. However, child marriage is still more of an issue in Bangladesh, due to the extra problems it faces of climate change and extreme poverty. It's not at all embedded in culture to disregard females as human beings, as you believe. Educated, well-off families in other Asian/Middle-Eastern countries marry off their children early, and THAT is a result of culture. However, the patterns witnessed in Bangladesh for child marriage is directly proportional to the family's living conditions and education. I've had first-hand experiences there to know this, and you are wrong to try and paint a whole people and such a complex issue with a single brush.

[@RayRand]

iMusikkForeva There are extremely poor people living in the US too .. it's almost unheard of for people in this country to sell their children. Look .. I agree that only desperate people do this .. and I believe that humans are humans no matter where they live. HOWEVER .. I don't believe the same about cultures .. some CULTURES still have some very backwards ideas. Poor Bangladeshi families would not be selling their children if it was not something that was AVAILABLE to them in their culture/living environment. This is related to Universal Human Rights and this practice .. life female genital mutilation and honor killings ... should be stamped out by the human community at large. Or the human species will NEVER make any progress. Wrong is wrong .. PERIOD.

[@iMusikkForeva]

Ray R I understand your overall point, and agree with the bigger idea, for sure. But some of the details within your argument, I don't agree upon. You must be aware that the type of poverty in America is immeasurable to the type of poverty in Bangladesh...so it is a rather unjust comparison. Although I have nothing to add to your paragraph above regarding the abolishing of such societal norms, because I acknowledge that culture plays a big role in these phenomenons....but I also believe that culture alone is not a factor in depicting the reality of this situation. A lot of families marry off their children against their full will, due to circumstances and this is a fact. You cannot erase 'culture' in a day. Culture is formed due to circumstances. So until we can ensure safe living conditions and fixed income for these people, parents won't be less eager to marrying off their daughters. After all, most do it to lessen their burden of food and shelter, and because they think that their children will be better off married. When families are financially stable, why worry about marrying their daughter off so early and give the endless dowries to the groom's family if the girl is no longer a liability? Soon, the cultural aspects of child marriage will no longer be valid, as daughters are no longer a trouble to the household. When many people stop this act, through active campaigning for the benefits of female education and the negative effects of early marriage, others will surely follow. This is why education and poverty reduction is the key to success, as you can't eliminate culture without giving people a reason to.

[@bethhaines6340]

Marriage too soon,end of childhood too soon,rowing up too soon,losing their innocence too soon,its like as soon as a girl is born theyre thrown into adult responsibilities that their young minds arent ready to cope with

[@bangladesh52]

Because of uneducated parents the poverty never end .its come round through children.One should get marry or not its their personal decision.Lets educated them support them to stand up their own feet.Society and people should change their mind set.They call their own misery through marriage.

[@mhnill2614]

this documentary report really inspired me and my friend.....it's totally reality show in our BANGLADESH society . It's Big problem....we know that here is lot of organise govt. or non govt. who work for this bad things....but i think it's not working within BIGGEST Level....For this case i and my frnds decided to stablish a socail non govt. voluntary organise. we working our level best to protect this dowry system & stop Untime married . Alhamdulillah we named our organise 'Change' . in the bengali word 'পরিবর্তন ' pray for ours & our new organise .

[@kewatbuddha]

Should be prohibited by domestic law and establish strong mechanism. and I thinks this also related with economic, social and cultural rights. This is one kinds of human rights violation.

[@mfuji02]

how bout stop making girls you can't afford

[@patriciastar9454]

Tell that to the rapists impregnating them.....

[@happyjimin1712]

+Patricia Star exactly

[@terrylovesenegal]

Simply stop making children they cannot afford. At that rate there will be more and more poor children and girls and that cycle nightmare will continue on and on.

[@fauxmanchu8094]

terrylovesenegal 👏👏👏👏👏

[@prabhjotgill1853]

That’s how selective gender abortion is so common in India. It’s illegal but even wealthy families perform it on a massive scale. Girls to boys ratio in Bangladesh is 850:1000 which further results in elevated rates of rape due to unavailability of girls. The only way to reduce all these massive social problems is through literacy. We need teams of social educators to upend centuries old practises. This could only be solved through active efforts.

[@bethhaines6340]

I couldnt handle not going to school and learning how to read and write and stuff,the stuff that we take for granted over here in australia girls in poor countries would die to have

[@bethhaines6340]

These girls parents need to be educated about the consequences of child marriage to stop them from destroying their daughters lives by marrying them off to a life of no education and no dreams

[@ismailadamu7623]

I understand that 'early sex' is not a problem, 'early marriage' is. Yet throughout European history until the 1940s, girls were married off at an average of age 9. Then Europe thought it was 'civilized' enough to delay the marriage age for women. Then its population began a progressive decline. Beyond redemption. Marriage is so discouraged in white countries that girls just date playboys until they exhaust their youth, then end up unmarried. Now Europe will be populated by people from countries that practice early marriage which UNICEF calls 'child marriage'. White populations will eventually go extinct. Meanwhile, marriage age has already been set naturally, it's puberty. Between 8 and 12 depending on race and genes. It has been argued that God's idea of marriage age is Mary's age at the time she gave birth to Jesus. She was 12 years and 6 months. In fact she married a much older Joseph, who was in his 70s or 90s (though Joseph was not the child's father) Marriage age can never be universal. Those that set it high, have zero consideration for the woman. On the average a woman has only 32 years of reproductive age (11-43) while a man has from puberty to death -- which could span over a hundred years. And a woman has only 14 years of Sexual Market Value (SMC) from puberty to age 25 after which men overlook her and opt for younger girls. Age of Consent can NEVER be universal. Customs or religious beliefs determine it in every society. 16th Century English poet, Richard Herrick advised girls thus: Gather ye rosebuds while ye may, Old time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying. The glorious lamp of heaven, the sun, The higher he's a-getting, The sooner will his race be run, The nearer he's to setting. The age is best which is the first, When youth and blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, the worst, Times still succeed the former Then be not coy, but use your time, And while ye may, go marry; For having lost but once your prime, You may forever tarry. (It's up to girls to heed this wise counsel or listen to UNICEF which doesn't care about the indoctrination of children by trans groups in Euramerica)

[@lisaan6322]

so that's why you support pedophilia, girls should be married off at 16 or 18 according to her mental and physical growth, this is government's duty to make th reduction of their proverty and stabilize their living condition, control population growth and and estabihed a secured society for women by teachhing men morality, equality/equity and young girls about problems of having sex before 18 and marriage and pregnancy, western countries have population crisis bc of their marriage court system and patriarchal misogyny based minset in western men still existed and woke feminism and internet and over pricing and huge living cost and extreme overworking like a slave, but poor asian countries have overpopulation crisis along with lazy and corrupt people and huge poverty

[@lisaan6322]

stop using whataboutery

[@raiyanaalam6821]

"Wedding Busters" why did That make me laugh lmfao

[@merryweatherflowers]

If I was the parent I’d make sure she stayed in school because she could become something amazing and even support her family better. All your doing is loosing a daughter and fantastic possibilities. Unfortunately I’m not the parent but if we educate we can eradicate the practice

[@glenn7152]

Easier said then done!

[@kaplingnag7267]

@@glenn7152 easier than giving away your children to never be fully educated and never making a good life for themselves

[@ifazkhan1550]

WTH !!! Why Bangladesh is always highlighted in child marriage ??? What about India ??? I live in Bangladesh so I know much better. I see child marriage has much decreased since 2009. India has much higher rates of child marriage, not Bangladesh

[@kaplingnag7267]

personally i think its important to talk about both country's issues for child marriage and the truth is, while it has allegedly decreased in bangladesh it still happens and we need to talk about it

[@WeAreRoyalty7]

Little girls getting married doesn’t solve their poverty, because the 14 year old girl had a baby an she had to borrow money for medicine 🤦‍♀️ what was the whole point of getting married

[@ABO-Destiny]

All muslim countries and similarly culttured ones have similar problems.

[@raa8504]

Thank to God what I have today I'm happy with it ..I feel so sorry for those girls

[@bethhaines6340]

These poor girls,theyre not even allowed to have a dream theyre just betrothed and married off to someone who is probably old enough to be their father and once theyre married off they are expected to bear a son for their husband its so sad that theyre forced to sacrifice their childhoods for the sake of tradition

[@rodentgirl]

They couldn’t afford a nearly free education but can afford to change her legal age to 18 to be married...hm.

[@michellecharles9863]

So they want housewives only these man and their families could send them to school but they afraid they will become too smart or smarter than them. They wouldn't depend on anyone if they got an education

[@khadizaahmed8989]

Thing is that Bangladesh is and LIDC (low income developing country) meaning that don't have a lot to rely on so the goverment would rather focus on theire economical issues rather then social issues wich is absoloutly terrible!!!

[@carlosporlan1153]

To all you bible believers In the old testament from the torah once a child became 3 years and 1 day old they could be taken by a man. This is beyond sick. No God there just anunnaki. Read the bible for yourself.

[@the4eyedowl341]

2 really stupid and barbaric religions.

[@smkhobir1832]

Please location name😔

[@alex1999x]

STOP BUILDING HOUSES BY THE RIVER!! BUILT 5 HOUSES BY THE RIVER AND THEN COMPLAINS THEY WERE SWEPT AWAY!! YOU FOOL!!! STOP BUILDING BY THE RIVER!!

[@GTIboost5a]

Marriage should be 21 not 18 or 16 or 13 , but 21.

[@abutahersaikat9051]

In Bangladesh we have all ready ,much kind of problems ...now Rohinga .....But soon we will solve this problems .

[@bethhaines6340]

Its not their fault that these people were born in such a poor country its their fate unfortunately its so sad and so tragic that these girls are forced to sacrifice their childhood and their dreams for the sake of tradition

[@gardy4390]

In 100 years. Is going to be the same.

[@mmdaisylover64]

How can they afford such beautiful clothes, if they are poor ?

[@avatalks8478]

Maria Mclaughlin their clothes are everywhere, it's just natural clothes. If it's extravagant, it'll look different.

[@angelicafelix5009]

Poor little girls,! That's the end of their lifes,😢🙏🤲

[@bethhaines6340]

For some people it takes them a long long time before they learn from their mistakes

[@aniqausha.]

This is what everyone shows of Bangladesh but I’m not agreeing that this is a good things it’s not but ppl from outside of Bangladesh only see the nasty heartbreaking news but there is still some of Bangladesh which is good

[@ThinkAboutMyComment]

How can we help? How can they be brought to the U.S.? I’d raise them and help them learn English and go to college but how to get the Visa?

[@lisaan6322]

llooool they are 1 million in numbers

[@bethhaines6340]

Poor girls its so sad no to child marriage

[@Criselle307]

Wait...why are they putting nail polish to her cheeks?

[@eb7446]

Laws mean nothing compared to poverty.

[@robiu.k.4504]

If u lost your homes for 5 times how u gonna feed your children :( But true thing is most of the people r changed already It's good news

[@bethhaines6340]

Oh these poor girls,tied to a life of misery and drudgery

[@bethhaines6340]

Poor girl,id be absolutely terrified if i was that girl and id have to endure wedding night connsummation god id sooner die then go through that

[@grayzegazi5745]

omg!!😔so verry sad girls!! Im verry thankful to God for my good life!!

[@NaiyaNicole_Artistry]

this is so wrong smh. Because in their eyes this means money but do they even think about how long it'll run before it runs dry? or what if the man beats the daughter so bad to her death that, is when they wanna scream and howl and cry. No, you chose the easy way to get money which, is inturn seeing the death of your daughter earlier than your own. if you aren't stable enough to have children and maintain their well being hold off. And move to somewhere else where erosion isn't so prevalent. If the men are the "favorites" make sure they go to college so their future children(primarily girls) can have a excellent future and maybe this wouldn't happen so much. And to the people in government considering lowering the legal consent age of marriage to 16 is stupid. Focus more on stopping child marriage. Especially knowing right now the age of consent doesn't bother them because, they are bribing people to change the legal documents.

[@bethhaines6340]

Let girls have a childhood,let them be kids,once these girls hit 20,its like bye bye childhood no to child marriageyes to education and yes to sterilization

[@shamimaaktershamimaakter8985]

"Stop Child marriage"... 😒😒😒

[@irenexl2202]

Those girls have a future ahead of them, why take that away?

[@crisbattad2691]

their practice will affect the future generation

[@daddanadira]

the government should teach man use condom! this is disturbing. the family should teach their boys to respect women/girls

[@bethhaines6340]

If you are more interested in destroying your daughters life then you are in nurturing her education and helping her make her dreams come true then why did you have her in the first place if you only wanted to damn her to a life of trauma and misery

[@pixied1028]

This is a shame and there is no end in sight as they won't enforce their own laws. The laws are just there so they can say they are trying, which obviously they are not. If they would use the government to enforce them in many ways like most countries do such as actual birth certificates as filed by the government not written down by a parent perhaps easily to change. Make it where an official government official must register the birth, and keep the original on file elsewhere permanently. Then there is no question of age when it comes up ( as if those girls looked anywhere near to 18 ! ) Penalize those that go against the rules the parents namely, the husband any in the family that are involved in the wedding. Schools that act like they graduated or something instead of her life ending by marriage. The men that marry them should be held on charges of the false marriage, the dowry, selling of a human, rape and many other items. Schools should require that girls and boys have the same minimum education, up to near adult 16 or 18. If they leave school, it should be checked on and reported if they were married or otherwise ( and followed up on ) Education is the main way out of this but not if the girls can't be there to have it , and the boys live in a culture that deems women as mere objects to be bought and sold, with zero rights to their own lives. One of these she agreed to marriage as being forced anyway, if she can continue her education. Followed back up a week later or so her husband smiling ear to ear as she says no he won't allow me to attend school. Another one her mom was complaining they could have made money, but are now losing it by paying to further educate a female. The total disgust if it was in this one or another I seen before this that many girls there literally split in half due to pregnancy at too young of an age especially by giving birth as the child would be full sized , makes me want to vomit ! The one girl had it happen 9 years previous and just had surgery to correct it but was saddened that her husband had left her and remarried and now she had no where to fit in her community. This is the mid set of girls taught all their lives their greatest glory can be to die giving birth, how they see the world. As no better than cattle bought and sold and used as wished until not wanted any longer. I can relate to those that commit suicide rather than marry. Men that stand there and say at least they are married like that is a huge honor, or the only honor in life. No choices, girls dragged to weddings; crying, heads down, hurt, sad, no future,feeling hopeless and useless sad and terrible. And to think we have people in this country that whine and complain daily over things not half as bad as what these girls endure, and that doesn't even occur to them , as well as how fortunate they really are !

[@bethhaines6340]

It was very hard having this baby gee i wonder why its got a lot to do with kids having kids when its clear that theyre just not ready wake up people these girls arent ready for any of that theyre just not ready mentally,physically or emotionally

[@tiathompson6674]

They should insist that the marriages be performed before a some sort ofmagistrate and legal witnesses to confirm the girls age.

[@tiathompson6674]

I like the WEDDING BUSTERS group.

[@sweetvuvuzela4634]

They are faking birth certificates

[@saliehabdulrahman8219]

Plssss Stop this child marriage...😢😢😢😢 let them studying

[@ninaweddingplanner]

Come donna e comer wedding planner dico NO ai matrimoni tra adulti e minori. Basta con questa vergognosa omertà internazionale sul problema.

[@Cricketstudioylzh]

Stop child marriage

[@rifatrimi5564]

if u can't feed ur daughter why u give birth...😃

[@weaj143]

I just wondering what their feelings to much young to get married 🤔? Their face don't look happy na😔