Most adolescents unaware of life skills: Unicef
Three of every 10 adolescent girls in Bangladesh get married between the ages of 15 and 17 years, according to a recent survey of Unicef.
The study says most of the 29 million adolescent boys and girls in the country, or people between the ages of 10 and 19, are unaware of the "facts for life" and necessary information for their "life skills".
Unicef shared the findings during the launch of the “Adolescent Radio Listeners Initiative”, as part of which adolescents will listen to certain programmes of Bangladesh Betar and interact on issues about their rights and healthy lifestyles.
Bangladesh Betar and Unicef Bangladesh jointly organised the launching ceremony at a hotel in the capital yesterday.
Speaking as chief guest, Information Minister Hasanul Haq Innu said the aim of the listeners' club was to make the young people aware about the demerits of child marriage, drugs, child labour, militancy, and edify them on the socio-economic condition, development, history, the liberation war of the country.
The adolescent listeners will also develop their own programmes, said speakers.
Nance Webber, chief of Communication for Development at Unicef Bangladesh, and Kazi Akhtar Uddin Ahmed, director general of Bangladesh Betar, were present.
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