Exploring Challenges and Solution Approaches Regarding Wellbeing of Female Rohingya Community in Bangladesh

Zaman, Kimia Tuz; Hasan, Wordh Ul; Bazlul, Lubaba; Motahar, Tamanna; Ahmed, Nova

doi:10.1109/tencon.2019.8929413

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“…Notably, emotional symptoms were found to be abnormal in 100% of children without parents, compared to 57.8% of children with parents. Acts of violence, deliberate assault, and sexual violence typically result in anxiety attacks, infections, and post-traumatic disorders among children and women, contributing to significant mental and social distress (Zaman et al, 2019).…”

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confidence: 99%

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Well-being of the Rohingya Children in Refugee Camps in Bangladesh: Strategies, Coping Mechanism and Challenges of the Support Systems

Shohel,

Ashrafuzzaman,

Chowdhury

et al. 2024

Int. J. PWB

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The Rohingyas are an ethnic minority community of Myanmar. Despite their long history in Rakhine State, Myanmar, they were made stateless by the government of Myanmar in 1982 enacting the Burma Citizenship Act of 1982 . They have endured communal violence, resulting in death, forced displacement and migration, experiencing ongoing traumatic events, particularlyamong women and children. They have become victims of torture and persecution, with females enduring rape and many witnessing their loved ones brutally killed before their eyes. These life events have a profound impact on their physical and mentalwell-being, even now while they are living as refugees in camps in neighbouring Bangladesh. Due to numerous associated issues, recent history has witnessed a complex emergency involving internal and external displacements of individuals from this ethnic minority group, rendering them refugees in various countries, including Bangladesh. This study is focusing on the Rohingya children's physical and mental well-being, who are almost 52% of the total Rohingya refugee population living in the camps in Bangladesh. This study, drawing on secondary data, presents evidence of the well-being of the Rohingya children in Bangladeshi refugee camps and investigates the challenges they face and their coping mechanisms in these situations. This article sheds light on current conditions and outlines future directions for support and research.

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“…Ongoing issues, such as hygiene, well-being, and basic health-related matters, can be addressed by raising awareness among the population. Utilising technology may offer a solution for expanding the support network to reach more refugees (Zaman et al, 2019).…”

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Well-being of the Rohingya Children in Refugee Camps in Bangladesh: Strategies, Coping Mechanism and Challenges of the Support Systems

Shohel,

Ashrafuzzaman,

Chowdhury

et al. 2024

Int. J. PWB

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“…This huge number of the population joined around 200,000 Rohingya people who fled earlier over a period of three decades (Leidman et al, 2018 ). Currently, nearly a million Rohingya people live in different camps and makeshift settlements in Cox's Bazar district of Bangladesh (Zaman et al, 2019 ). The Government of Bangladesh has been relocating the Rohingya population to Bhasan Char Island in the Bay of Bengal since October 2017.…”

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“…Among them, 1016 are pregnant mothers. It is known that women, adolescent girls, and children suffer the most in any kind of conflict, and the Rohingya refugee community is no exception (Yousuf et al, 2020 ; Zaman et al, 2019 ). According to recent information, almost half of the reproductive‐age women living in Bhasan Char are suffering from anemia (Joarder et al, 2020 ).…”

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Nutritional status and dietary diversity of pregnant and nonpregnant reproductive‐age Rohingya women

Fahim

Das

Rasul

et al. 2023

Food Science & Nutrition

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There are no data on the nutritional status and dietary diversity of the pregnant and nonpregnant reproductive‐age Rohingya women who have recently shifted to the Bhasan Char Relocation Camp located on an island in the Bay of Bengal. A cross‐sectional survey was conducted in November–December, 2021 to assess the nutritional status and evaluate the dietary diversity of two vulnerable groups of the forcibly displaced Rohingya population: nonpregnant reproductive‐age women and pregnant mothers. Multivariable logistic regression was applied to identify the factors associated with nutritional impairments. Overall, 7.6% of the nonpregnant reproductive‐age women were underweight (Body Mass Index [BMI] < 18.5 kg/m2), and nearly one‐third of them had a BMI ≥ 25 kg/m2. However, 26.7% of the pregnant mothers were undernourished (BMI < 20.0 kg/m2) and almost one‐fourth of them were either overweight or obese (BMI ≥ 25.0 kg/m2). The prevalence of thinness (Mid Upper Arm Circumference [MUAC] < 23 cm) was 34.5% among pregnant mothers, and 10.1% of them were severely thin (MUAC < 21 cm). The mean (±SD) of the Women's Dietary Diversity Score (WDDS) was 3.3 (±1.1) for nonpregnant reproductive‐age women and 3.7 (±1.3) for pregnant mothers enrolled in this study. Overall, 63.8% of the nonpregnant women of childbearing age and 46% of the pregnant mothers had a low WDDS (WDDS < 4). The WDDS was found to be protective against thinness among nonpregnant reproductive‐age women (AOR = 0.61; 95% CI = 0.37, 0.93; p‐value = .03) and low BMI in pregnant mothers (AOR = 0.71; 95% CI = 0.55, 0.91; p‐value = .01). The results of this survey will assist in early recognition of the nutritional demands, and act as a guide to planning nutrition‐based programs among Rohingya reproductive‐age women relocated to the Bhasan Char Island.

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“…The majority of the Rohingyas are now housed in various camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, after the forested hills that surrounded the two existing refugee camps in Teknaf, Kutupalong, and Nayapara were replaced. Few of them have made their homes in more isolated and distant locations with scant access to infrastructure and services [11,12]. The current review concentrates on the present status of Rohingya people in Bangladesh, and its impact on the surrounding area, placing particular emphasis on the environment and wildlife habitat, deforestation and deterioration of protected areas, human-wildlife conflicts, and other issues.…”

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Review on Present Status of Rohingya People in Bangladesh: Effects on Social, Economic, Environment and Wildlife Habitat

Shawon

Shyama

Hossain

et al. 2022

SAJSSE

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The Rohingya peoples are an ethnic Muslim minority group who are the most ill-treated and persecuted refugee groups in the World. The present study is designed to reveal the present situation of Rohingyas in Bangladesh. We also focused on the socio-economic impact of the Rohingyas on the local population as well as their impact on the environment and wildlife of Bangladesh. More than 9,00,000 Rohingya have recently fled from Myanmar to Bangladesh and are now residing in refugee camps in Cox's Bazar District. In the majority of cases, the forest and hills have been replaced by the Rohinga to create the accommodations in this area. Forestland is therefore being destroyed to make camps for this enormous inflow of refugees, posing a serious threat to ecosystems, biodiversity, and wildlife habitats in this area. We reviewed recently published papers about Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh. There is broad agreement that the high speed of refugee settlements and their engagement with antisocial activities with other malpractices are major drivers for making the huge socio-economic crisis and environmental threat in that area. The current study concluded that the decades-long presence of refugees in Bangladesh has created a natural disaster for wildlife habitats in these areas. There is only one way that Bangladesh's government must implement various strategies for liaising with the international community to compel Myanmar's government to begin repatriating the Rohingya to their own country.

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Exploring Challenges and Solution Approaches Regarding Wellbeing of Female Rohingya Community in Bangladesh

Cited by 7 publications

References 12 publications

Well-being of the Rohingya Children in Refugee Camps in Bangladesh: Strategies, Coping Mechanism and Challenges of the Support Systems

Well-being of the Rohingya Children in Refugee Camps in Bangladesh: Strategies, Coping Mechanism and Challenges of the Support Systems

Nutritional status and dietary diversity of pregnant and nonpregnant reproductive‐age Rohingya women

Review on Present Status of Rohingya People in Bangladesh: Effects on Social, Economic, Environment and Wildlife Habitat

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