Female literacy rate (age 15 to 24 ) increased from 27.15 percent in 1981 to 96.09 percent in 2019.

The rate of child marriage dropped from 90 percent in 1970 to 50 percent today.

Adolescent birth rate (births per 1,000 for women aged 15-19 ) fell from 206 in 1970 to 81.6 in 2019.

Formulation of the Prevention of Cruelty against Women and Children Act 2000.

Bangladesh ranked 7 th in the world in the political empowerment of women, with female representation in parliament around 20.86 percent.

Targets

Challenges

Significant percentage of drop out rate for girls at the higher secondary and tertiary education.

Ensure all girls and boys complete primary and secondary

education (2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development).

Bring the percentage of women aged 20-24 years married

before age 18 down to 30 percent by 2025 with the vision

to end child marriages by 2041 ( 8 th FYP).

Reduce adolescent birth rate to 60 by 2025

(8th FYP).

Reduce proportion of women aged 18 – 29 years who experienced sexual violence by age 18 to 1.50 percent ( 8 th FYP).

Increase the female labour force participation rate to around 64 percent by 2041.

Increase seats held by women at National Parliament to 35 percent by 2025.

13 million girls married before age 15 .

Taboo around SRHR in our society and limited access to health services for women and girls.

Female’s limited access to assets, income and economic resources due to a lack of gender-responsive labour market and the ILO Convention 190 not being adopted by the government.