She Escaped Child Marriage in Bangladesh — Now She's a Martial Arts Champion
She Escaped Child Marriage in Bangladesh — Now She's a Martial Arts Champion Bangladesh has one of the highest rates of child marriage in the world. By Raimul Karim Santwana Roy was 16 when her parents asked her to marry a man from a wealthier family in rural Bangladesh. Two decades later, Roy, an internationally-recognised taekwondo champion, is using martial arts to fight child marriage, which has surged during the pandemic. Choosing an education over a teenage wedding changed Roy's life irrevocably: she attended college, where she picked up karate and later went on to win gold in taekwo...
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