DHS in the News

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Dr. Bjorn Lomborg
THE DAILY STAR (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

"...Even though Bangladesh's legal age of marriage is 18, the country has the second-highest rate of child marriage globally: the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey shows that nearly three quarters of women aged 20-49 married before turning 18..."

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Abstract:
Dr. Bjorn Lomborg
THE DAILY STAR (Dhaka, Bangladesh)

"...Even though Bangladesh's legal age of marriage is 18, the country has the second-highest rate of child marriage globally: the Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey shows that nearly three quarters of women aged 20-49 married before turning 18..."

 
URL to article: http://www.thedailystar.net/op-ed/politics/best-strategies-empower-girls-1225393