Girl Child Right and Its Implementation in Bangladesh
hildAssignment Girl Child Right And Its Implementation In Bangladesh
Submitted By
Sharifa Sultana
BSS(Honors)
3rd Year, 5th Semester
Department of women and gender
Studies
University of Dhaka
Content * Introduction: * Bangladesh and girl child right: * Education: * Maternal and child mortality rate: * Child marriage: * Child labor: * Prostitution and trafficking in girls: * Is the success of our government concerning girl child right is real or rhetorical? : * Conclusion
Introduction:
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A poem by a young girl named Yesmine from Norway, “you are very important, you are the lady of the future---” (UNDP,2001) tries to make awareness among those people who always neglect the abilities and potentialities of girl child and violate their basic rights as a human being, as a child and as a future of a nation. Children all over the world are not getting their legal rights and girls child are in the most vulnerable site.In Bangladesh there are approximately 58 million children and adolescents up to the age of 18 years. It is more than 45 percent of country 's entire population and more than half of them are girls.(U.S. Department of State ,March, 2006) In Bangladesh, much progress has been made to protect and promote adolescent girls and girl children 's rights in recent times. Now a day the government launching many laws and facilities regarding girl’s right. But still now most of girls are found in continuous victimization of violence, deprivation of basic human needs and rights.
Bangladesh and girl child right:
“CONNECTING GIRLS, INSPIRING FUTURES” is the theme of ensuing International Women’s Day, 8th March, 2012.So the awareness for girls child right is getting more significant to the government and people of our country.
For the social
Submitted By
Sharifa Sultana
BSS(Honors)
3rd Year, 5th Semester
Department of women and gender
Studies
University of Dhaka
Content * Introduction: * Bangladesh and girl child right: * Education: * Maternal and child mortality rate: * Child marriage: * Child labor: * Prostitution and trafficking in girls: * Is the success of our government concerning girl child right is real or rhetorical? : * Conclusion
Introduction:
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A poem by a young girl named Yesmine from Norway, “you are very important, you are the lady of the future---” (UNDP,2001) tries to make awareness among those people who always neglect the abilities and potentialities of girl child and violate their basic rights as a human being, as a child and as a future of a nation. Children all over the world are not getting their legal rights and girls child are in the most vulnerable site.In Bangladesh there are approximately 58 million children and adolescents up to the age of 18 years. It is more than 45 percent of country 's entire population and more than half of them are girls.(U.S. Department of State ,March, 2006) In Bangladesh, much progress has been made to protect and promote adolescent girls and girl children 's rights in recent times. Now a day the government launching many laws and facilities regarding girl’s right. But still now most of girls are found in continuous victimization of violence, deprivation of basic human needs and rights.
Bangladesh and girl child right:
“CONNECTING GIRLS, INSPIRING FUTURES” is the theme of ensuing International Women’s Day, 8th March, 2012.So the awareness for girls child right is getting more significant to the government and people of our country.
For the social
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