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Forgotten Girls of Dhaka

Part of The Big Stories: 2016. Farhana Haider enters the world of a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh to meet a group of teenage girls who were married and then abandoned by their husbands

Part of The Big Stories: 2016. Farhana Haider enters the world of a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh to meet a group of teenage girls who were married and then abandoned by their husbands before they even reached 16 years old. Are their identities now fixed for the rest of their lives? What chances do they have to define who are they are? How does the tight-knit slum community hinder or help shape the girls' futures?

25 minutes

Last on

New Year's Day 201722:30GMT

Credits

RoleContributor
ReporterFarhana Haider
Camera OperatorClaire Tailyour
ProducerFarhana Haider
ProducerClaire Tailyour
DirectorClaire Tailyour

Broadcasts

  • Fri 22 Apr 201614:30GMT
  • Sat 23 Apr 201600:30GMT
  • Sun 24 Apr 201618:30GMT
  • Sun 24 Apr 201622:30GMT
  • Mon 25 Apr 201600:30GMT
  • Mon 25 Apr 201608:00GMT
  • Thu 28 Apr 201609:30GMT
  • Fri 6 May 201608:00GMT
  • Fri 24 Jun 201622:30GMT
  • Sat 25 Jun 201605:30GMT
  • Sun 26 Jun 201611:30GMT
  • Sun 26 Jun 201616:30GMT
  • Fri 30 Dec 201623:30GMT
  • Sat 31 Dec 201605:30GMT
  • Sat 31 Dec 201610:30GMT
  • New Year's Day 201711:30GMT
  • New Year's Day 201716:30GMT
  • New Year's Day 201722:30GMT