Bangladesh, a country in South Asia, is among the densest countries in the world with regards to human population. Millennium Development Goals- Fund or MDG- Fund is currently deploying help in Bangladesh in hope that they may prevent the early marriages of teen women who may still be classified as children that have become a common practice in Bangladesh (below 18 years old). These teens are not to marry until they reach 18 according to the law, but they are made to do because many believe that being married may help reduce the number of households to feed and thus reduce widespread poverty (Preventing Child Marriage in Bangladesh).
Likewise, most of the teens who marry have negative implications on the teens. They tend to miss opportunities since most of them stop going to school and they also tend to have health complications due to early child rearing (Preventing Child Marriage in Bangladesh).
MDG-Fund prevents these child marriages by intervention and discussions with the children’s parents. They also disseminate information regarding the negative implications of child marriage (Preventing Child Marriage in Bangladesh).
These project addresses the Millennium Development Goals set by the United Nations as these projects may help reduce the population (by delaying child rearing) of Bangladesh and therefore relieve poverty. Health concerns are also being addressed by providing access to health care services. These project also seeks to end violence in Bangladesh by cooperating with religious leaders within the country and setting up gatherings wherein they discuss ways to combat violence. These project may also help in preventing the spread of AIDS or HIV by the dissemination of information that the MDG- Funds personnel do. Moreover, the curriculum that Bangladesh uses have also been revised. (Preventing Child Marriage in Bangladesh).
Works Cited
"Preventing Child Marriage in Bangladesh." MDG Fund. Web. 01 Feb. 2016. <http://www.mdgfund.org/story/preventing-child-marriage-bangladesh>.
