Report: 21% of Rohingya girls have access to education

Dhaka Tribune
Abdul Aziz
Publish : 11 Mar 2024, 

Rohingya children pose with smiles at a school in a refugee camp in Bangladesh. Photo: Courtesy

Only 21% of Rohingya girls between the ages 12-18 years in the Rohingya camps of Cox’s Bazar continue their education, according to the Joint Multi-Sector Needs Assessment (MSNA) report 2022-2023.

Rohingya girls fleeing refugee camps becoming trapped and abused child brides

itvX
Wednesday 13 December 2023 

Rohingya child bride, B, age 14, sitting on a bed in an apartment in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, in October. Credit: AP

Scores of underage Rohingya girls fleeing violence and starvation in Myanmar are being forced into arranged marriages with older Malaysian men who regularly abuse them.