Child Marriage in Bangladesh: Impact of Discriminatory Personal Laws

This Memorandum discusses the impact of personal laws on the treatment of child marriage within Bangladesh. Bangladesh’s antiquated personal laws relating to marriage fail to protect children,reinforce support for early marriage, and directly contradict statutory law in Bangladesh. Examining Bangladesh’s current legal framework highlights the problematic influence that discriminatory personal laws have on the fulfillment of national and international obligations concerning child marriage.

Topics

• Forced and early marriage

Geographical location

• Asia
• Bangladesh

Keywords

• personal law
• child marriage
• early marriage
• bangladesh
• south asia
• asia
• avon
• avon global center
• women and justice
• women's rights
• human rights
• divorce and dissolution of marriage
• Dowry-related violence

Year

• 2013

External URL

• Child Marriage in Bangladesh: Impact of Discriminatory Personal Laws

Type

• Memoranda