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By age 18, 65% of Bangladeshi girls are married, some by as young as 10 or 11 years. In a fascinating new report, Human Rights Watch investigates the complex way in which climate change is forcing child marriage.

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Climate Change is Forcing Bangladeshi Girls into Child Marriage DHAKA—Sanjita had very little to say on the subject of how she felt about getting married. Maybe that’s because she’s 10 years old. She had married 18 days earlier, to a boy who is 14 or 15 years old—he works in a garment factory in Dhaka and as a rickshaw driver.