Bangladesh continues to have the highest child marriage rate with girls marrying by their 18th birthday being at 52%. Girls are that are getting married at 15 is about 18%.Underage marriage is more common in rural areas total about 71% of girls are married before 18 and there's a smaller percent in urban areas at 54%. Most common the parents who force marriage upon their children are in poverty and desire an economic and social security. A causing factor of forced marriage is also dowry since as girls get older it prices increase. Poorer families often face a greater financial pressure which make them more likely to make the children become child brides. Another aspect is natural disaster commonly flooding and river erosion making making families very uneasy about insecurity and the inflation of poverty which depicts the families decision of school and marriage for their daughters.
Bakul
Bakul is from one of the poorest places in Dhaka the capital of Bangladesh living in a small room. She was 15 when she got married and eight months later she gave birth to her daughter. She was pressured into marrying her husband four years older than Bakul. Bakul’s husband, Rony’s family and friends put a lot of force on Bakul to marry him. Since Rony is an orphan and in Bangladesh, particularly a muslim country there is common belief that orphans need to be helped whenever feasible. Rony’s family and friends said that he would commit suicide if she didn’t marry and run away with him. Bakul hasn’t gone to school since she got married and her some of her friends are now going to college. Bakul regrets getting married and not finishing her education nor does she have money to afford it. Bakul’s husband makes limited amount of money and never gives her any. But instead her day to day routine is mostly about her daughter, Jui and spends her day cooking and cleaning and tending to her husband.