Photo exhibit “Too Young to Wed” opens at AFD
The High Commission of Canada in Bangladesh launched a photo exhibition titled “Too Young to Wed” by award-winning photojournalist Stephanie Sinclair on April 17 at Alliance Française de Dhaka.
Canadian High Commissioner Benoît-Pierre Laramée and lawmaker Mahjabeen Khaled MP spoke at the inaugural ceremony. Among others, Marcia Stephens Bloom Bernicat, US Ambassador to Bangladesh, Giti Ara Safia Chowdhury, and eminent photographer Shahidul Alam attended the inauguration ceremony.
The exhibition is a narrative on the harmful repercussions of child marriage. The photographer has spent over 13 years documenting the lives of girls and women around the world.
The exhibition will run until April 30 at La Galerie, Alliance Française de Dhaka.
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