Last September, Hasinas gov- ernment unveiled a plan to lower the marriage age to reflect the real- ity of Bangladesh society, sparking an outcry from rights group The report, based on some 100 interviews mostly with married girls, said girls were being denied an education and their health placed in danger, with many forced to have children before their bod- ies were ready The report, called "Marry Before Your House is Swept Away: Child Marriage in Bangladesh, said fam ilies often married off their daugh ters after losing homes or incomes to cyclones and other disasters.