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Gender-based Violence among Documented Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh

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  • Shamima Akhter

    (Shamima Akhter is a gender specialist and project coordinator of the Asian Disaster Preparedness Center (ADPC), Dhaka, Bangladesh. E-mail: shamima003@gmail.com)

  • Kyoko Kusakabe

    (Kyoko Kusakabe is Associate Professor at Gender and Development Studies, School of Environment, Resources and Development, Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand. E-mail: kyokok@ait.asia)

Abstract

The Rohingya, a Muslim minority group from the northern part of Rakhine State (formerly Arakan) in Myanmar, is among the most vulnerable of the world’s refugee communities. This study aims to shed light on gender-based violence among documented Rohingya refugees living in the Kutupalong camp located in the Cox’s Bazar district of Bangladesh. As refugees, they are not allowed to find employment in Bangladesh. At the same time, state support is minimal, and so they have to eke out a living from whatever work is available. The mobility of refugee men is highly restricted by violence and intimidation, which forces refugee women into the role of the family’s breadwinner. Despite this, the women’s status has not improved in either the family or the community. On the contrary, the women are exposed to increased violence from their families, the refugee community and outsiders. Though all refugees suffer violence, women face it both inside and outside the home. Their precarious political status as refugees and a lack of community support in the camps combine to increase their vulnerability.

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  • Shamima Akhter & Kyoko Kusakabe, 2014. "Gender-based Violence among Documented Rohingya Refugees in Bangladesh," Indian Journal of Gender Studies, Centre for Women's Development Studies, vol. 21(2), pages 225-246, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:indgen:v:21:y:2014:i:2:p:225-246
    DOI: 10.1177/0971521514525088
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