A man has been jailed for 15 days in Chapainawabganj for marrying off his underage daughter.

Speakers at an advocacy meeting in Bhola’s Charfesson said that awareness of Kazis and Imams can prevent child marriage and ultimately help reduce violence against women.

A seventh grader from Sirajganj’s Belkuchi upazila was saved from early marriage at the intervention of the local administration on Thursday night.