B. Answer the following questions :
- How can you define adolescence?
- Why are the adolescents important?
- What is the condition of adolescent girls in Bangladesh?
- What are the consequences of gender inequality in Bangladesh?
- Which factors influence a girl's marriage?
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Explanation: a) Adolescence is the period of human growth and development occurring after childhood and before adulthood. It
is one of the critical transitions in one’s life when attitudes and lifestyles are formed
b) Adolescents are important because they make up a nation's key resource for its growth and development.
c) Adolescent girls in Bangladesh usually face disparity and subjugation. As a consequence, they are marginalized, denied access to health and economic benefits and education. Even, they become victim to sexual assault and violencE-
d) Gender inequality in Bangladesh results in widespread practices of child marriage, marginalization or exclusion from health, education and economic opportunities and vulnerability to sexual abuse and violence
(e) Education and wealth play a significant role in a girl's marriagE- It has been found that educated rich girls tend to marry at a later age whereas uneducated poor girls are married off at an early agE-
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