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  • A sticker decorates the wall of the bed where Chinta (name changed), aged 18, sleeps for her temporary stay in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, looks around the shelter home as she speaks with Oasis staff in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, visits a Tearfund program in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Tamsin Greig is a successful actress and a good friend of Tearfund. Tamsin is well known for her roles in TV series Episodes, Jackie Goodman in Friday Night Dinner for Channel 4, People Like Us, Black Books, and many more. Tamsin won a BAFTA nomination and received The Royal Television Award for Best Comedy performance for her performance as Dr Caroline Todd in Green Wing. Tamsin has visited Tearfund partners and projects in Democratic Republic Congo and Rwanda, and supports many of Tearfund initiatives. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, visits a Tearfund program in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Tamsin Greig is a successful actress and a good friend of Tearfund. Tamsin is well known for her roles in TV series Episodes, Jackie Goodman in Friday Night Dinner for Channel 4, People Like Us, Black Books, and many more. Tamsin won a BAFTA nomination and received The Royal Television Award for Best Comedy performance for her performance as Dr Caroline Todd in Green Wing. Tamsin has visited Tearfund partners and projects in Democratic Republic Congo and Rwanda, and supports many of Tearfund initiatives. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, looks around the shelter home as she speaks with Oasis staff in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Nusrat Jahan Popy (16) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Popy says, "I feel helpless, not angry (if my parents would try to marry me off). I can do stitching and we want to be allowed to work so that we can earn money to support ourselves in our studies and to rid ourselves of poverty and gain independence." The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Mony Mala (16) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Mony says, "I'm still a child, not prepared to be a wife. I feel pained that my parents don't see a point in educating me just because I'm a girl. I feel terrible when we are not able to stop a child marriage because the elders do not listen to us." The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Child bride Rina Akhter Meghla (14) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. "I was about to be wed. The groom was already selected. I told my parents that I didn't want to get married now because I just will be a servant to my husband. I wanted to be independent." Her parents had said that they wanted to marry her off because she was watching too much television and not doing well in school, after which she promised to stop watching TV and improve her grades. Her ambition is to be a police inspector. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jewel Mahammud Kawsan (17, center right) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. When asked if an abused wife could return to her family, Jewel says, "Society doesn't take it well. It is not accepted if she leaves the husband's house. Even (her own parents) will tell her to be accommodative even if her husband beats her, because after marriage, that is now her real address." Jewel also tells a true story of a girl who used to be a member of the children's group. When she turned 14/15, her parents wanted to marry her off. The children's group went to village elders to counsel the family and the marriage was stopped. The children felt proud but sadly, after 2 months, she was quietly married off. Now, at 18, she is a mother of a girl child and is not happy in the marriage. Her husband is also a young boy but is violent in nature and beats her. She is tied to motherhood and house chores and not allowed to join the other children. The families are also fighting because of dowry related issues." The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jewel Mahammud Kawsan (17, center right) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. When asked if an abused wife could return to her family, Jewel says, "Society doesn't take it well. It is not accepted if she leaves the husband's house. Even (her own parents) will tell her to be accommodative even if her husband beats her, because after marriage, that is now her real address." Jewel also tells a true story of a girl who used to be a member of the children's group. When she turned 14/15, her parents wanted to marry her off. The children's group went to village elders to counsel the family and the marriage was stopped. The children felt proud but sadly, after 2 months, she was quietly married off. Now, at 18, she is a mother of a girl child and is not happy in the marriage. Her husband is also a young boy but is violent in nature and beats her. She is tied to motherhood and house chores and not allowed to join the other children. The families are also fighting because of dowry related issues." The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Young girls sit in a group at a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. The Bhashantek Basti Children's Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. About 20150 people live in the Bhashantek urban slum, with an average household size of 5 in housing sizes of 8 x 9ft made of bamboo, tin sheets and scrap materials. The average annual income is USD 200. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Tamanna Jinnat (13, red scarf) hands over a list of potential child brides while speaking in a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Tamanna explains, "we have an organised system: we have a list of girls who are potential child brides and we check on them. Another initiative is making sure that there is birth registration for babies so that there will be a proof of their age." Tamanna's mother said that "at your age, you are not aware of the benefits of an early marriage," to which Tamanna replied, "how about issues of maternal mortality from being too young to bear children?". She also wants to be allowed to work part time so she can support her own education and independence. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Tamanna Jinnat (13, red scarf) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Tamanna explains, "we have an organised system: we have a list of girls who are potential child brides and we check on them. Another initiative is making sure that there is birth registration for babies so that there will be a proof of their age." Tamanna's mother said that "at your age, you are not aware of the benefits of an early marriage," to which Tamanna replied, "how about issues of maternal mortality from being too young to bear children?". She also wants to be allowed to work part time so she can support her own education and independence. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Tamanna Jinnat (13, red scarf) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Tamanna explains, "we have an organised system: we have a list of girls who are potential child brides and we check on them. Another initiative is making sure that there is birth registration for babies so that there will be a proof of their age." Tamanna's mother said that "at your age, you are not aware of the benefits of an early marriage," to which Tamanna replied, "how about issues of maternal mortality from being too young to bear children?". She also wants to be allowed to work part time so she can support her own education and independence. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Nargis Akhter takes care of her 7 month old son Nahid Hassan in her home compound in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Nargis, now aged 19, was pulled our of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her family was afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. Sad to leave school, she recalls being 'terrified, sad and uncertain' on the day of her marriage. Being married off at such a young age "is not good for health," she says. Her first baby died soon after birth and she is now raising her 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Nargis Akhter takes care of her 7 month old son Nahid Hassan in her home compound in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Nargis, now aged 19, was pulled our of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her family was afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. Sad to leave school, she recalls being 'terrified, sad and uncertain' on the day of her marriage. Being married off at such a young age "is not good for health," she says. Her first baby died soon after birth and she is now raising her 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Union Council Chairman Akram Hossain poses for a portrait at the Gazipur Union Council Office overlooking Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Hossain, who has been the Chairman for only 3 months tells an action-packed account of a child marriage happening in his relative's family that he personally stopped just 10 days ago. The girl was 13 years old and was a victim of severe eve-teasing, a common reason that young girls are married early, as eve-teasing could translate to social disgrace of the victimised girl's family. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Debashish Nag, the Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO) or Subdistrict Executive Officer of Sreepur Upazila poses for a portrait in his office in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 22nd September 2011. Nag claims to have stopped over 90 child marriages during his 16 months in this position, and has declared 5 out of 148 villages in the Upazila as 'child marriage free villages'. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, interviews an Oasis staff in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, interviews an Oasis staff in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, interviews an Oasis staff in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, visits a Tearfund program in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Tamsin Greig is a successful actress and a good friend of Tearfund. Tamsin is well known for her roles in TV series Episodes, Jackie Goodman in Friday Night Dinner for Channel 4, People Like Us, Black Books, and many more. Tamsin won a BAFTA nomination and received The Royal Television Award for Best Comedy performance for her performance as Dr Caroline Todd in Green Wing. Tamsin has visited Tearfund partners and projects in Democratic Republic Congo and Rwanda, and supports many of Tearfund initiatives. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, visits a Tearfund program in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Tamsin Greig is a successful actress and a good friend of Tearfund. Tamsin is well known for her roles in TV series Episodes, Jackie Goodman in Friday Night Dinner for Channel 4, People Like Us, Black Books, and many more. Tamsin won a BAFTA nomination and received The Royal Television Award for Best Comedy performance for her performance as Dr Caroline Todd in Green Wing. Tamsin has visited Tearfund partners and projects in Democratic Republic Congo and Rwanda, and supports many of Tearfund initiatives. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, visits a Tearfund program in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Tamsin Greig is a successful actress and a good friend of Tearfund. Tamsin is well known for her roles in TV series Episodes, Jackie Goodman in Friday Night Dinner for Channel 4, People Like Us, Black Books, and many more. Tamsin won a BAFTA nomination and received The Royal Television Award for Best Comedy performance for her performance as Dr Caroline Todd in Green Wing. Tamsin has visited Tearfund partners and projects in Democratic Republic Congo and Rwanda, and supports many of Tearfund initiatives. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, visits a Tearfund program in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Tamsin Greig is a successful actress and a good friend of Tearfund. Tamsin is well known for her roles in TV series Episodes, Jackie Goodman in Friday Night Dinner for Channel 4, People Like Us, Black Books, and many more. Tamsin won a BAFTA nomination and received The Royal Television Award for Best Comedy performance for her performance as Dr Caroline Todd in Green Wing. Tamsin has visited Tearfund partners and projects in Democratic Republic Congo and Rwanda, and supports many of Tearfund initiatives. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Handmade framed positive sayings decorate the bed where Chinta (name changed), aged 18, sleeps for her temporary stay in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Chinta (name changed), aged 18, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Given away by her parents who were in a large amount of debt, Chinta was given to a woman who forced her to work in her house, and then forced her in to prostitution. Often she saw 10 customers a day, but if there was no work she was hung from a ceiling fan and beaten. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, looks around the shelter home as she speaks with Oasis staff in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Anisha (name changed), aged 19, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Brought to Mumbai by a family friend, Anisha was forced to dance for customers at a Mujura, a sexually provocative men-only party. She was badly beaten when she refused to attend customers, and locked in a cupboard. She managed to flee and go to the Police, where her courageous testimony enabled the authorities to prosecute those responsible. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Tearfund beneficiaries in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tearfund beneficiaries play a game of Carom together in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, looks at uplifting notes on a corkboard in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • An uplifting note decorates the wall in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Tamsin Greig, an actress from the United Kingdom, speaks with Jasmine (name changed), aged 30, about her past experiences as they sit in Nirmal Bhavan, a rehabilitation home for trafficked and rescued girls run by Tearfund partner NGO Oasis India, in Mumbai, Maharashtra, India on 20 February 2014. Jasmine was ten when she was sold for 50,000 Indian Rupees by her family friends who were supposed to look after her. She was beaten, drugged and forced in to prostitution. Rescued from a brothel age 16, she came to live at Nirmal Bhavan and now works for Oasis. Photo by Suzanne Lee/Tearfund
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  • Jewel Mahammud Kawsan (17) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. When asked if an abused wife could return to her family, Jewel says, "Society doesn't take it well. It is not accepted if she leaves the husband's house. Even (her own parents) will tell her to be accommodative even if her husband beats her, because after marriage, that is now her real address." Jewel also tells a true story of a girl who used to be a member of the children's group. When she turned 14/15, her parents wanted to marry her off. The children's group went to village elders to counsel the family and the marriage was stopped. The children felt proud but sadly, after 2 months, she was quietly married off. Now, at 18, she is a mother of a girl child and is not happy in the marriage. Her husband is also a young boy but is violent in nature and beats her. She is tied to motherhood and house chores and not allowed to join the other children. The families are also fighting because of dowry related issues." The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Jewel Mahammud Kawsan (17) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. When asked if an abused wife could return to her family, Jewel says, "Society doesn't take it well. It is not accepted if she leaves the husband's house. Even (her own parents) will tell her to be accommodative even if her husband beats her, because after marriage, that is now her real address." Jewel also tells a true story of a girl who used to be a member of the children's group. When she turned 14/15, her parents wanted to marry her off. The children's group went to village elders to counsel the family and the marriage was stopped. The children felt proud but sadly, after 2 months, she was quietly married off. Now, at 18, she is a mother of a girl child and is not happy in the marriage. Her husband is also a young boy but is violent in nature and beats her. She is tied to motherhood and house chores and not allowed to join the other children. The families are also fighting because of dowry related issues." The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Nusrat Jahan Popy (16) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Popy says, "I feel helpless, not angry (if my parents would try to marry me off). I can do stitching and we want to be allowed to work so that we can earn money to support ourselves in our studies and to rid ourselves of poverty and gain independence." The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Nusrat Jahan Popy (16) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Popy says, "I feel helpless, not angry (if my parents would try to marry me off). I can do stitching and we want to be allowed to work so that we can earn money to support ourselves in our studies and to rid ourselves of poverty and gain independence." The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Mony Mala (16) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Mony says, "I'm still a child, not prepared to be a wife. I feel pained that my parents don't see a point in educating me just because I'm a girl. I feel terrible when we are not able to stop a child marriage because the elders do not listen to us." The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Child bride Rina Akhter Meghla (14) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. "I was about to be wed. The groom was already selected. I told my parents that I didn't want to get married now because I just will be a servant to my husband. I wanted to be independent." Her parents had said that they wanted to marry her off because she was watching too much television and not doing well in school, after which she promised to stop watching TV and improve her grades. Her ambition is to be a police inspector. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Child bride Rina Akhter Meghla (14) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. "I was about to be wed. The groom was already selected. I told my parents that I didn't want to get married now because I just will be a servant to my husband. I wanted to be independent." Her parents had said that they wanted to marry her off because she was watching too much television and not doing well in school, after which she promised to stop watching TV and improve her grades. Her ambition is to be a police inspector. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Tamanna Jinnat (13) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Tamanna explains, "we have an organised system: we have a list of girls who are potential child brides and we check on them. Another initiative is making sure that there is birth registration for babies so that there will be a proof of their age." Tamanna's mother said that "at your age, you are not aware of the benefits of an early marriage," to which Tamanna replied, "how about issues of maternal mortality from being too young to bear children?". She also wants to be allowed to work part time so she can support her own education and independence. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Tamanna Jinnat (13) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Tamanna explains, "we have an organised system: we have a list of girls who are potential child brides and we check on them. Another initiative is making sure that there is birth registration for babies so that there will be a proof of their age." Tamanna's mother said that "at your age, you are not aware of the benefits of an early marriage," to which Tamanna replied, "how about issues of maternal mortality from being too young to bear children?". She also wants to be allowed to work part time so she can support her own education and independence. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Tamanna Jinnat (13) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Tamanna explains, "we have an organised system: we have a list of girls who are potential child brides and we check on them. Another initiative is making sure that there is birth registration for babies so that there will be a proof of their age." Tamanna's mother said that "at your age, you are not aware of the benefits of an early marriage," to which Tamanna replied, "how about issues of maternal mortality from being too young to bear children?". She also wants to be allowed to work part time so she can support her own education and independence. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11) sits for a portrait in the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • River fishermen sell freshly caught fish just outside the meeting hut of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. The Bhashantek Basti Children's Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. About 20150 people live in the Bhashantek urban slum, with an average household size of 5 in housing sizes of 8 x 9ft made of bamboo, tin sheets and scrap materials. The average annual income is USD 200. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Rina Akhter Meghla (14, baby blue scarf) speaks of her ordeal during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. "I was about to be wed. The groom was already selected. I told my parents that I didn't want to get married now because I just will be a servant to my husband. I wanted to be independent." Her parents had said that they wanted to marry her off because she was watching too much television and not doing well in school, after which she promised to stop watching TV and improve her grades. Her ambition is to be a police inspector. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Rina Akhter Meghla (14, baby blue scarf) speaks of her ordeal during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. "I was about to be wed. The groom was already selected. I told my parents that I didn't want to get married now because I just will be a servant to my husband. I wanted to be independent." Her parents had said that they wanted to marry her off because she was watching too much television and not doing well in school, after which she promised to stop watching TV and improve her grades. Her ambition is to be a police inspector. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Rina Akhter Meghla (14, baby blue scarf) speaks of her ordeal during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. "I was about to be wed. The groom was already selected. I told my parents that I didn't want to get married now because I just will be a servant to my husband. I wanted to be independent." Her parents had said that they wanted to marry her off because she was watching too much television and not doing well in school, after which she promised to stop watching TV and improve her grades. Her ambition is to be a police inspector. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Rina Akhter Meghla (14, baby blue scarf) speaks of her ordeal during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. "I was about to be wed. The groom was already selected. I told my parents that I didn't want to get married now because I just will be a servant to my husband. I wanted to be independent." Her parents had said that they wanted to marry her off because she was watching too much television and not doing well in school, after which she promised to stop watching TV and improve her grades. Her ambition is to be a police inspector. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Members of a children's group raise their hands to count those who have official birth certificates during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Official birth certificates is essential in proving that a child is underaged for marriage as many parents lie about their child's age when asked. The Bhashantek Basti Children's Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. About 20150 people live in the Bhashantek urban slum, with an average household size of 5 in housing sizes of 8 x 9ft made of bamboo, tin sheets and scrap materials. The average annual income is USD 200. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11, in pink shirt) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11, in pink shirt) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Tamanna Jinnat (13, red scarf) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Tamanna explains, "we have an organised system: we have a list of girls who are potential child brides and we check on them. Another initiative is making sure that there is birth registration for babies so that there will be a proof of their age." Tamanna's mother said that "at your age, you are not aware of the benefits of an early marriage," to which Tamanna replied, "how about issues of maternal mortality from being too young to bear children?". She also wants to be allowed to work part time so she can support her own education and independence. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11, in pink shirt) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11, in pink shirt) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Oli Ahmed (11, in pink shirt) speaks during a monthly meeting of a Children's Group in Bhashantek Basti (Slum) in Zon H, Dhaka, Bangladesh on 23rd September 2011. Oli says, "We are in extreme poverty. If our parents get a good price for our marriages, there is nothing we can do. (Also,) we are now in the era of gender equality and girls should be allowed to study instead of being married off." Oli wants to be a doctor when he grows up. The Bhashantek Basti Childrens Group is run by children for children with the facilitation of PLAN Bangladesh and other partner NGOs. Slum children from ages 8 to 17 run the group within their own communities to protect vulnerable children from child related issues such as child marriage. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Matchmaker Abdul Salam, 60, poses for a portrait in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Many years ago, Salam, who has done almost 30 voluntary matchmaking cases, was given only one day by a family to find a bride for their son. Nargis, Salam's relative's daughter, now aged 19, was pulled out of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her parents were afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. In fact, he was himself married to a 12 year old girl when he was 22 years old. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Matchmaker Abdul Salam, 60, poses for a portrait in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Many years ago, Salam, who has done almost 30 voluntary matchmaking cases, was given only one day by a family to find a bride for their son. Nargis, Salam's relative's daughter, now aged 19, was pulled out of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her parents were afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. In fact, he was himself married to a 12 year old girl when he was 22 years old. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Nargis Akhter takes care of her 7 month old son Nahid Hassan in her home compound in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Nargis, now aged 19, was pulled our of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her family was afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. Sad to leave school, she recalls being 'terrified, sad and uncertain' on the day of her marriage. Being married off at such a young age "is not good for health," she says. Her first baby died soon after birth and she is now raising her 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Nargis Akhter takes care of her 7 month old son Nahid Hassan in her home compound in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Nargis, now aged 19, was pulled our of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her family was afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. Sad to leave school, she recalls being 'terrified, sad and uncertain' on the day of her marriage. Being married off at such a young age "is not good for health," she says. Her first baby died soon after birth and she is now raising her 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Nargis Akhter takes care of her 7 month old son Nahid Hassan in her home compound in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Nargis, now aged 19, was pulled our of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her family was afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. Sad to leave school, she recalls being 'terrified, sad and uncertain' on the day of her marriage. Being married off at such a young age "is not good for health," she says. Her first baby died soon after birth and she is now raising her 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Nargis Akhter takes care of her 7 month old son Nahid Hassan in her home compound in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Nargis, now aged 19, was pulled our of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her family was afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. Sad to leave school, she recalls being 'terrified, sad and uncertain' on the day of her marriage. Being married off at such a young age "is not good for health," she says. Her first baby died soon after birth and she is now raising her 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Nargis Akhter takes care of her 7 month old son Nahid Hassan in her home compound in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Nargis, now aged 19, was pulled our of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her family was afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. Sad to leave school, she recalls being 'terrified, sad and uncertain' on the day of her marriage. Being married off at such a young age "is not good for health," she says. Her first baby died soon after birth and she is now raising her 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Nargis Akhter takes care of her 7 month old son Nahid Hassan in her home compound in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Nargis, now aged 19, was pulled our of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her family was afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. Sad to leave school, she recalls being 'terrified, sad and uncertain' on the day of her marriage. Being married off at such a young age "is not good for health," she says. Her first baby died soon after birth and she is now raising her 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Nargis Akhter takes care of her 7 month old son Nahid Hassan in her home compound in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Nargis, now aged 19, was pulled our of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her family was afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. Sad to leave school, she recalls being 'terrified, sad and uncertain' on the day of her marriage. Being married off at such a young age "is not good for health," she says. Her first baby died soon after birth and she is now raising her 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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  • Nargis Akhter takes care of her 7 month old son Nahid Hassan in her home compound in Gazipur village, Upazila Sreepur, Gazipur, Bangladesh on 21st September 2011. Nargis, now aged 19, was pulled our of school and wed when she was 12 years old as her family was afraid that she might become a victim of severe eve-teasing. Sad to leave school, she recalls being 'terrified, sad and uncertain' on the day of her marriage. Being married off at such a young age "is not good for health," she says. Her first baby died soon after birth and she is now raising her 2nd child. Photo by Suzanne Lee for The Guardian
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