Human Rights Violation on Rohingya Women: Experience from a Refugee Camp in Bangladesh
Journal Title: IOSR Journal of Humanities and Social Science - Year 2018, Vol 23, Issue 6
Abstract
The Rohingya issue is not only evolving on identity crisis which leads to persecution and discrimination but also to the deprivation of fundamental human rights. Rohingya are the worst victim of statesponsored oppression and discrimination in the modern world. This article will reflect the violation of fundamental human rights concerning Rohingya women and girls as they are the worst victim of state-sponsored oppression in Myanmar. At the same time, the study will proceed by considering the exclusionary policies of military government made the Rohingyas leave their homeland and fled to neighboring country Bangladesh, then consider the multiple challenges in shelter camp of different which are undocumented. Next will be an analysis of international human rights violations both in Rakhine state of Myanmar and shelter camp in Bangladesh and lastly the dimensions of humanitarian crisis from the human rights perspectives. The article is mainly qualitative research, and the primary sources are used for in-depth analysis. The study shows that identity crisis made Rohingya women vulnerable and they became an easy victim of gender-based violence. Violence against women is used as a powerful weapon of ethnic cleansing in Myanmar.
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Shaila Solaiman, Sinthia Chakma Krisna
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