Community radio clubs reducing child marriage in Bangladesh
In coastal and rural areas of Bangladesh, climate change has devastated crops, homes, and livelihoods, driving many families to seek desperate solutions. For many, child marriage has long felt like the only way to ease financial pressure- yet with community radio...
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Family First
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This:Ability
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