Collective efforts of all government and non-government entities concerned have become an urgent need to combat child marriage and child pregnancy.
Prevention of children marriage and child pregnancy is the precondition for substantial and sustainable improvement of child and maternal health. The observation came at the launching of Rajshahi Divisional Report titled “Child Well-being Survey in Urban Areas of Bangladesh 2016” in the conference hall of Rajshahi Circuit House on Monday.
Bangladesh Bureau of Statistics (BBS) and UNICEF Bangladesh jointly organized the ceremony.
Attending the meeting, administrative officials, researchers and experts underscored the need for infusing dynamism into this field so that the relevant sustainable development goals are achieved. Secretary-in-charge of Information Management Division under the Ministry of Planning Sourendra Nath Chakravarty and commissioner of Rajshahi division Nur-Ur-Rahman addressed the meeting as chief and special guests respectively with Deputy Commissioner SM Abdul Kader in the chair. Additional Commissioner of Rajshahi division Aminul Islam, Social Policy Evaluation, Analytics and Research Head of UNICEF Bangladesh Carlos Ekosta Bermudez and its Rajshahi and Rangpur divisional head Nazibulllah Hameem also spoke.
