In conversation with Dhaka Tribune on Tuesday, he claimed that there was little to no ramifications of informing the authority about child marriages. When we resumed on November 1, we found a lot of our girls absent; they were later found to have been given away in marriage, which was very frustrating,” said Halim. He added: “We used to inform the authorities about child marriages. The upazila’s Women's Affairs Officer Mausumi Akhter said: “Since the closure of the schools in March, we stopped 17 child marriages in the area. “But as we were not informed about the marriages of madrasa girls of that madrasa, we couldn't stop them.”

Source: Dhaka Tribune December 01, 2020 16:41 UTC