DATELINE : Married at 13

13 years old bride and her husband

13 years old bride and her husband Source: SBS

Force to marry at age of 13.will it be continued in Bangladesh?


Nearly a third of Bangladeshi girls are married off before theyre 15. Dateline follows a distraught 13-year-old bride and asks why tradition still outweighs her right to freedom.

Child marriage is illegal in Bangladesh, but some parents will go to great lengths to break the law, even creating fake birth certificates and holding ceremonies in secret.

Dateline watches as Beezlys marriage goes ahead despite her protests. Shes so distressed, she eventually collapses.


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