Youth and sports adviser Asif Mahmud Shojib Bhuyain on Monday said that there was no alternative to expand sports nationwide to eliminate child marriage and child labour.
He made the remark when representatives of UNICEF met him at his office, said a ministry press release.
Asif Mahmud, also the adviser of the ministry of labour and employment, said that the government would work with UNICEF to engage the marginalised children in sports and life-oriented education to divert them from the hazardous labour.
During the meeting, various issues regarding the activities of the ministry of youth and sports and ministry of labour and employment such as child labour, child marriage, labour law, mental development of children and adolescents, education of women, and violence against women were discussed.
Youth and sports secretary Mohiuddin Ahmed, UNICEF child protection division chief Natalie McCauley, UNICEF child protection division manager Elisa Calpona, and child protection specialist Monira Hasan were present.
Earlier, the progress of the EARN project, being implemented by the World Bank, was discussed with the officials concerned.