Six adolescent female children have received awards for their role in preventing child marriage. Lawmaker and noted singer Momtaz Begum handed over crests to the girls at a programme held at the Krishibid Institute auditorium on Wednesday. Brac, Acid Survivors Foundation and the Australian High Commission organised the event focusing on the various needs of a girl child, the challenges they face and the importance of building their capacities. Organising partners of the event were Girls Not Brides campaign and Engage Men And Boys Network. Sharing her tale of bravery, Tuli Debnath said she is fighting against child marriage with the strong belief that a child should be born to a mother and not to another child.

Source: Dhaka Tribune October 12, 2017 05:48 UTC