Causes Of Refugee Women In Rohingya

The consequences of these abuses result in human pain and suffering. Kristof and WuDunn wanted to inform their audience on the severity of the matter at hand. Through statistical alongside anecdotal evidence, the authors were able to inform their audience on an unfamiliar topic by breaking down the problem into segments while building a personal connection through stories. This reportage exposes the injustices women face and makes a call for change to help this humanitarian

Domestic violence against women is prevalent in almost all the societies in the world. It is an issue which was not even recognised as a crime 40 years ago and is still not recognized as a crime by many societies. Women suffer from violence, including physical, sexual, emotional, and psychological violence by strangers and their partners all over the world (Kaya, 2010). Even though it is a worldwide occurrence, there are some women who face more intense and frequent violence depending on their culture, country, religion,

The transition from childhood to adolescence presents challenges for all youth. However, it is even more challenging for newcomer youth who must integrate into mainstream America. The Refugee Women’s Alliance designed a variety of programs to assist newcomer youths with their process of integration and support youth ongoing self-exploration and transformation. I am one of the few volunteers at the Refugee Women’s Alliance (ReWA), a nonprofit organization that provides resources and services to assist refugee and immigrants’ women and their families. ReWA’s primary goals are to improve employability, promote acculturation, increase language proficiency, and most important of all, creating a safe and family-oriented environment for

Everywhere around the world women and girls are terrorized, mistreated and victims of abuse, rape, and assault. Sadly this kind of treatment towards women and girls is often very common in Asian countries. The article by Gardiner Harris entitled, “Rape of Girl, 5, Draws Focus to Child Assault in India”, talks about how an innocent five year old girl was raped, tortured and almost killed in India. Harris wrote in the article that people demand stricter laws against sex crimes and that there should be more protection for women. In Asia women tend to be less desirable, and are treated with less respect than a man. Harris also claims that news reports are packed with stories about heinous crimes and assaults against women (Gardiner Harris, 2013).

Piya once again was being fearless now imagine if she had to stay in Mangrove Forest longer then she already did. Which brings me back to the topic of what women refugee face. There are many refugee camps, shelter that people have no choice going to because they want to survive and have no choice. I know women go through countless things and barley sleep because here in America we have immigration detention which is immigration jail for the whole family. The term detention is used so it can sound more decent. However they hold families here who are trying to escape they country due to something thats going on over there and they want to come here. I seen the condition in a documentary called the13th. Anyhow the United stated police and correction officers have these people sleeping on the cold hard floor. Most times the its packed people are everywhere they are not sanitary the food they feed them is not sanitary and it be children everywhere in a very cold destructed environment. This brings back to what refugees face but mainly women. Men don't face what women do.”She says it is much more difficult for a women to be refugee than a man we have to take care of the children that’s a never ending task it’s easier for men they only have to worry about

Sexual violence, rape, and inequality have plagued refugee camps across war-torn countries for decades. Women and children are susceptible to sexual violence during times of conflict. Thousands are victims of these crimes and are forever impacted by the effects, both mentally and physically. They rely on international civil servants to help during their time of need, yet there have been many cases where those very civil servants, and international relief workers have been the culprits. < = Good

Sexual violence that arises out of war such as rape can destroy the girls honor and stigmatize her if she is not married off, “thus, the rights of the child are being discarded in the name of family honor, as vulnerable girls lose their freedom of choice and right to protection” (Charles and Denman, 2013, p.106). As a child bride, these girls are placed into situations of incredible vulnerability for abuse from their husbands. The girls are cut off from the support of their family and removed from school when taken into their husbands’ home. These Syrian child brides are easy targets for domestic abuse because they are dependent on their abusers and unable to leave. Despite the issue of child marriages being result of desperation to meet basic needs, the media often portrays this kind of issue through a stigmatizing lens that blames the Syrian culture for the abusive situation. Alhayek (2014) gives the example of a non-governmental organization called Refugees Not Captives (RNC) and the way they fail to bring awareness to the root cause of child

An Individual refugee essentially requires protection when settling in a new nation. Human rights are meant to be accepted and appreciated by the individual refugee. Many of the refugees faces a similar obstacle when migrating to new nation such as the lack of language. The case explores a 11 year old girl that faces the heartbreaking of her father’s death, her uncles beating that lead her to leave her own country to settle in a new safe nation.

The ongoing incident of migration of thousands of Rohingya from Myanmar and Bangladesh began, collectively dubbed as ‘boat people’ to Southeast Asian countries. According to the UNHCR, around 25,000 people have been taken on boats in 2015 by human traffickers. In October, there were reports of increasing “ghettoization, sporadic massacre and restriction on movement” on Rohingya peoples. It was revealed the Myanmar government are in the final stages of an organized process of genocide against the Rohingya and should be called upon the international community to stress direly on this situation.

The group has resided in Myanmar and for a long time, but the Rohingyas have been denied citizenship in their country of origin (Rahman 233). In addition, the government, through its security personnel has been coordinating attacks against this small ethnic community (Rahman 233). Consequently, a majority of Rohingyas have been fleeing from their nation and have become refugees in other regions. Precisely, over 700,000 Rohingyas have been moving away from their state, and crossing to Bangladesh (European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations (ECHO)

In their work, Refugees and Forced Displacement, International Security, and Human Vulnerability, Edward Newman and Jan van Selm describe how mass and forced displacement of populations have been used as a weapon during conflict: “refugee flows are demonstrably a source of […international conflict] through causing instability in neighbouring countries, triggering intervention, and sometimes providing a basis for warrior communities within camps that can form the source for insurgency, resistance, and terrorist movements” (p. 5). It is Newman and van Salem’s mention of warrior communities within refugee camps that elucidate the potential security threat refugees may impose on states and/or individuals. This essay illustrates how the militarization of refugee camps by “warrior refugees” who recruit within the refugee community and exploit humanitarian aid, pose a significant security threat to the sending state, the humanitarian community, and refugees who are susceptible to being used as military weapons during a conflict (ibid.). It also uses the Rwanda case study to demonstrate how a receiving state that does not have the means and/or desire to police military leaders within refugee facilitates the security threat as well.

Women for Afghan Women (WAW) are a grassroots, civil society organization. The mission is dedicated to securing and protecting the rights of disenfranchised Afghan women and girls in Afghanistan and New York, particularly their rights to develop their individual potential, to self-determination, and to be represented in all areas of life: political, social, cultural and economic. We advocate for women’s rights and challenge the norms that underpin gender-based violence wherever opportunities arise to influence attitude and bring about change.

Human rights violations against women have, for too long, been denied the attention and concern of international organizations, national governments, traditional human rights groups and the press. Meanwhile, hundreds of millions of girls and women around the world continue to endure debilitating and often fatal human rights abuses. These are only a few instances of abuse which occur every single day all around the world. Human rights violations against women must be documented, publicized and stopped.

No woman should ever have to feel scared or threatened every single day of her life. No woman should have to look over her shoulder while walking down the street. No society should turn the other cheek when they see something wrong happening. According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, no one has the right to hurt you or torture you. Laws like this exist everywhere yet there are women having to face the danger of being attacked at any moment. There are big threats such as rape and other forms of torture that women in certain countries have to live in fear of everyday. Women are targeted all around the world. Two counties in which this problem is very prevalent are India and Pakistan. These two countries are not the only places in which this happens but recently, there have been even more instances of these types of attacks. In India, rape has been a very pressing issue for quite some time, but it wasn’t until recently that action was taken. According to Indian government statistics, a woman is raped every 22 minutes on average . That means 65 women are raped every day. Acid attacks, a kind of torture where a person gets acid thrown in their face, is a very big issue in Pakistan. In 2013, there were 143 acid attacks registered with the Acid Survivors Foundation. The Acid Survivors Foundation, a Pakistani advocacy group for victims, estimates that 150 attacks occur each year. This is just an estimate because there are many attacks that go unreported. Reasons for

Ozgecan Aslan lost her life while taking the bus home when the bus driver “allegedly bludgeoned her with a crowbar, stabbed her to death, and cut off her hands to hide the evidence” (Khazan 2015, 1) because she resisted rape. According to a UNICEF report, “globally, women aged between fifteen and forty-four are more likely to be injured or die as a result of male violence than through cancer, traffic accidents, malaria and war combined” (Vlachova 2005, 5). Gender-based violence (GBV) is a global problem. GBV includes any act of verbal or physical force, and life-threatening actions that may result in “physical, sexual or mental harm or suffering to women” (United Nations, Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women). GBV includes legal exploitation, forced abortion, forced marriages, child marriages, hymen repair, genital mutilation, abduction for marriage, rape, honor suicides, and honor killings as the most extreme. My paper will illustrate the issues that are prevalent in Turkey in regard to gender-based violence towards women, share stories of victims and survivors, and analyze the way women’s rights activists are using social media to raise awareness and eliminate unjust customs. I approach this project from an emancipatory research perspective where I will share and promote opportunities for others who read my paper to engage with and support the women in Turkey