Country | Bangladesh |
Year | 2018 - 2030 |
Type of Measure | Policies > National action plan specific to violence against women |
Form of Violence | Child, early and forced marriage |
The National Plan of Action (NPA) to End Child Marriage was launched in August 2018 to eliminate child marriage through existing institutional initiatives, programmes and combined efforts of all. The goal of the NPA is to end the marriage of girls below the age of 15 years and to reduce by one third the rate of marriage for girls aged 18 years in 2021, and to completely eliminate child marriage by 2041.