Bangladesh Child Marriage

It is estimated every three seconds somewhere in the world a girl is forced to marry against her will.
In Bangladesh 20% of girls become wives before their 15th birthday.
Now campaigners are stepping up their efforts to put a stop to the practice.
"It is the new kind of slavery," says Mirna Ming Ming Evora, who's the country director for the NGO Plan International.
"Here girls are a burden, they don't earn income in this culture."
Which means they are totally dependent on their families to support and protect them and pay their dowries. That's the money a father must pay to a future husband to secure a marriage.
"Dowry for a very poor family is work of a lifetime, they'd rather start early because the dowry is not too high. The girl is more saleable."
She's met many of these child brides.
"They say to me I lost my childhood."
These are the stories of three children living with the consequences of child marriage.
The BBC's correspondent Angus Crawford got exclusive access to one attempt to halt a wedding.