Campaign against child marriage gets global recognition

Two Public Service Annoucements (PSA) have recently received the Accolade Global Film Competition award.

The two awarded PSAs were honoured in the categories of Public Service Announcement and Contemporary Issues/Awareness Raising, according to a press release.

With the slogan "Raise the beat to end child marriage", the "Dhol" campaign was launched in 2017 by the Bangladesh Ministry of Women and Children Affairs and Ministry of Information, Unicef, UNFPA and other partners.

The campaign declares child marriage as unacceptable and highlights that everyone has a role to play to stop such practice. 

It is designed to promote prevention and active rejection of child marriage as a personal responsibility and focuses on positive actions and promotes collective movement for larger social change, the release said.