Rohingya Women Seek to “Raise Our Voices Ourselves

REFUGEE INTERNATIONAL 

Daniel Sullivan,March 6, 2019

 

Even in the midst of overwhelming tragedy, there are often rays of hope to be found. This is true of the plight of the Rohingya ethnic minority that has been largely purged from their homeland in western Myanmar. One such ray of hope is Chekufa and her Rohingya Women’s Empowerment and Advocacy Network.

Women, children help desk opened in Cox’s Bazar Rohingya camp

The Daily Star
Monday, "March 4, 2019"

Cox's Bazar police and UN Women launch a Women and Children Help Desk, the first of its kind in Rohingya camps, at Madhuchara Police Camp-1 in Cox's Bazar district on Sunday, March 4, 2019. Photo: Collected

Cox's Bazar police and UN Women have launched a Women and Children Help Desk, the first of its kind in Rohingya camps, at Madhuchara Police Camp-1 in Cox's Bazar district.

Over 70 people representing various stakeholders: Rohingya women leaders, Government high officials, UN agencies, international and local organisations, Camp-in-Charges and different forum members attended the opening ceremony held yesterday where ABM Masud Hossain, Superintendent of Police(SP), Cox's Bazar and Shoko Ishikawa, Country Representative, UN Women Bangladesh inaugurated the facility according to a press release issued in this regard today.

Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women examines the situation of Rohingya women and girls in northern Rakhine state

GENEVA (22 February 2019) - The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women this afternoon reviewed the situation of Rohingya women and girls in northern Rakhine state, based on a report submitted by Myanmar under the exceptional reporting procedure.

16 days of activism against gender based violence in Cox’s Bazar

reliefweb 

17 Feb 2019


Empowering Women & Girls to Stand Against Gender Based Violence (GBV)

In Cox's Bazar, the Government of Bangladesh, the Gender in Humanitarian Action (GiHA) Working Group and the Gender Based Violence (GBV) sub-sector for Rohingya Refugee Response kicked off the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence to coincide with the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.