Dangers of lower marriageable age for girls

Child marriage is a great problem our nation is facing. Early marriage means early pregnancy, which poses great risk to both the mother and the child's health. Despite this fact, the present government is considering lowering the minimum legal age of marriage of girls. This will no doubt change the statistics of child marriage in Bangladesh. But in a densely populated country like Bangladesh this decision will also cause to increase population. Worse, this population will be unhealthy due to malnutrition. And this will also affect our maternal and child mortality rate negatively. We would like to urge the government to change their position about this vital issue.

Shikha Das
Dhaka