Bangladesh: Minister for Information, Inu, inaugurates 'Hello I Am' programme

’Girls are not only brides or commodities, they are also human beings. We need to end child marriage’; Minister for information Mr. Inu from Bangladesh succesfully launched our four year programme 'Hello, I Am' on Thursday July 27th. A baseline survey done in six upazilas before launching the programme found that nearly 80% of girls in the project areas are married during their adolescent period. Through creating a supportive social environment challenging the socio-cultural norms that endorse child marriages, 'Hello, I Am' works toward ending child marriage in Bangladesh.