Forbes
UNICEF USA
BRANDVOICE
Aug 30, 2022,
BRANDVOICE
Aug 30, 2022,
How UNICEF is helping make education more inclusive in Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.
Rahima Akhter* would do anything to protect her children in the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, where they live in a temporary dwelling tightly packed among strangers. She worries especially about her daughter's safety and dignity. Better to keep 14-year-old Nurkolima* at home, Akhter used to think, than let her go to school where she might be the target of unwanted male attention. If keeping Nurkolima safe meant sacrificing her education, then so be it.
Akhter was herself the victim of sexual harassment as a girl in Myanmar. When her parents heard about it, they considered it such a scandal, they married her off as quickly as possible. The memory, the humiliation of it all, haunts her still.
Akhter was herself the victim of sexual harassment as a girl in Myanmar. When her parents heard about it, they considered it such a scandal, they married her off as quickly as possible. The memory, the humiliation of it all, haunts her still.
Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh are home to more than 400,000 school-age children