Terming forced religious conversion and forced marriage of Christian and Hindu minor girls to older Muslim men as the most concerning issue, the report notes that there are few legal options available to the victims.
The orientation program is part of NLUO’s commitment to creating Child-Friendly Communities, and it marks a milestone in Project Kutumb’s mission to foster safer environments for vulnerable and at-risk children.
The virtual session, attended by EPFO officers and officials from across the country, underscored the need to infuse governance with empathy, moral accountability, and human connection.
The Report records a 25 per cent increase in the number of trafficking victims detected globally in 2022 compared to 2019 pre-pandemic figures. Between 2019 and 2022, the global number of victims detected for trafficking for forced labour surged by 47 per cent.
wage inequality has remained stubbornly persistent in wealthier countries, shrinking annually between 0.3 and 1.3 per cent in upper-middle-income-countries and 0.3 to 0.7 per cent in high-income countries.
For now, development agencies, implementing partners and beneficiaries across Bangladesh face an uncertain future as one of the country’s most significant sources of international development assistance comes to a sudden halt.