This Valentine's Day, busting 5 common myths about child marriage

This Valentine's Day, busting 5 common myths about child marriage

UNITED NATIONS, New York – “I was married at 14, and I lost my first child at 16 during pregnancy,” Ranu Chakma told UNFPA, the United Nations sexual and reproductive health agency. Child marriage is common in her village of Teknaf Upazila, on the southern coast of Bangladesh – even though it is illegal and a human rights violation.