About 30 percent of adult women are able to read and write compared with 50 percent of men, says the Country Strategy and Program Update 2006-2010, Asian Development Bank.

According to UNICEF reports, roughly 10 million primary school aged girls (6 to 10), 1.5 million are out of school.
See http://www.unicef.org/bangladesh/media_2802.htm

As per the census report 2001, the male/female ratio is about 104 males per 100 females.

There are 3.7 million 'missing women' in the country due to discriminatory practices and violence against them. This accounts for 6.9 percent of the population.

Legally, the minimum age of marriage in Bangladesh is 21 years for boys, and 18 years for girls. However, due to socio-cultural norms, the majority of rural adolescent girls are faced with the reality of early marriage and dowry that limits their access to schooling, social and cultural participation.

Bangladesh has one of the world’s highest rates of adolescent motherhood, based on the proportion of women younger than 20 giving birth every year. One in three teenage girls in Bangladesh is already a mother.

The maternal mortality rate (per 1,000 live births) is 380. See UNDP (2004) Human Development report or see http://hdr.undp.org/reports/global/2004/

Seventy five percent of all mothers do not receive antenatal care and untrained traditional birth attendants assist 60 percent of the births, says the Banglapedia.
See http://web.bangladeshdirectory.com/sites/540.html

Women's earnings are almost 50 percent less than men's, and women's employment is concentrated in sectors characterised by low returns and temporary employment terms.