Dhaka, Bangladesh. 03rd Dec, 2014. Different women organization gathered and made human chain in front of National Press Club Dhaka protesting against child marriage in Bangladesh. Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. This survey shows that in Bangladesh, 64% of women currently aged 20–24 were married before the age of 18. This is despite the fact that the minimum legal age of marriage for females in Bangladesh is 18 years and 21 for males. Credit: zakir hossain chowdhury zakir/Alamy Live News

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