Never Recovering Wound: Misery of Rohingya Women

Abstract

Rohingya women are the victim of one of the world’s most protracted ethnic cleansing. In any war, women and children are the most vulnerable ones. Rohingya people are seeking asylum for long three decades in their neighboring country Bangladesh. They faced a series of physical and psychological incubus in Myanmar; contrariwise, Bangladesh bears a hand to them and assisted them with all sorts of humanitarian treatment, shelter, food, medicine, and security. Assorted civil society organization working willfully to accommodate Rohingya women in camp life and engaging them in a leadership program for peacebuilding, disaster mitigation, and resilience. Apart from that, they have launched the MPWC program which is women intensive employment program; through this program, they can work for NGOs and earn money. UNHCR is arranging a safe place for Rohingya women which will be free from all kinds of gender-based violence against women. Considering the women's safety, the Bangladesh government adopted a women and children friendly repatriation program but the Myanmar government still not being able to create a repatriation safe atmosphere in the Rakhine state and compel them to accept indefinite national verification cards. To assist this paper, intersectionality and feminist theory have been materialized. Policy recommendation has been given for the betterment of Rohingya women and to prevent violence against women. In this paper, qualitative and analytical research methods have been applied both primarily and secondarily.