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Asia Child Marriage Initiative: Summary of Research in Bangladesh, India and Nepal
Plan Asia Regional Office

Plan / Bernice Wong

Asia Child Marriage Initiative:
Summary of Research in Bangladesh,
India and Nepal

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Table of contents
Table of contents................................................................................................................................................................2
List of acronyms..................................................................................................................................................................4
Foreword...............................................................................................................................................................................5
Acknowledgements...........................................................................................................................................................6
Executive summary............................................................................................................................................................7
Introduction....................................................................................................................................................................... 11
Asia Child Marriage Initiative (ACMI).......................................................................................................................12
Status of child marriage in Bangladesh, India and Nepal....................................................................................12
Bangladesh......................................................................................................................................................................12
India..................................................................................................................................................................................13


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