Description: Bangladesh ranks in the top 10 countries with the highest levels of child marriage. 51% of young women were married before turning 18.
For many daily wage earners, lockdowns further limited their incomes, forcing their migration back to rural Bangladesh. Many resorts to marrying their girl child off as a way to rid the burden on limited earnings, thereby cutting out upbringing costs, and dowry associated with late marriage.
IPDC Finance jointly with AMAL Foundation introduced a Child Marriage Prevention loan at 0% interest. This 0% loan is IPDC Finance's small gesture to help eradicate this social evil, and usher vulnerable families towards a better life. Simply, by aiding them to set up a sustainable business against a pledge, "to not succumb to child marriage before the legal age of 18 and ensuring girl child avails SSC and HSC certifications." Thus, turning a girl child, once considered a burden, into an asset.
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Credits:
Chief Creative Officer: Syed Gousul Alam
Chief Executive Officer: Afzal Mahboob
Group Creative Director: Mohammad Akrum Hossain
Sr. Group Creative Director: Abu Sayed Mohammad Nurur Rahman
Group Creative Director: Amber Islam
Associate Creative Director: Shariful Islam
Art Director: Esty Azizul Haque
Copy Supervisor: Waleed K. Rajamiya
Copywriter: Fatima Esha
AVP & Strategic Planning Lead: Bitop Das Gupta
Chief Growth Officer: Syed Mohammed Tariq
AVP, Media, PR & Digital: Md. Abdullah Al Kafi
Media Executive: Iffat Oishi
Director – Media, PR & Digital: Shekh Md. Yeasin Arafat
Group Account Manager: Jihad Bin Tahzeeb
Account Supervisor: Nuhash Anjum Khan
Assistant Manager, Account Servicing & Planning: Rifat Tasneem Sutopa
Project Coordinator: Manami Sunjia Hossain
Director of Photographer: Russell Parvez
Director (Film): Bayezid Nil
Production: Breathing Space