Child marriage in Bangladesh is a persistent problem despite minimum age laws and government vows to curtail the practice.
Nearly one-third of Bangladeshi girls under 15 are married, the highest rate for that age group in the world, according to UNICEF.
Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina announced last year that child marriage would end in the nation by 2041, but a recent Human Rights Watch report points out that the government has taken few tangible measures to stop the practice.
Photographer Allison Joyce documented a 15-year-old bride's wedding in the city of Manikganj, Bangladesh, on Aug. 20. The bride, Nasoin Akhter, appears distraught as she is forced to marry a man more than twice her age.
The powerful series of photos offers a glimpse into what Human Rights Watch calls an "epidemic" of child marriage.
15-year-old Nasoin Akhter poses for a video on the day of her wedding to a 32-year-old man, Aug. 20, 2015 in Manikganj, Bangladesh.
God help these kids..
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