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A young girl writes on a chalkboard.

Education for hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees

After the humanitarian situation in Cox's Bazaar stabilized, the challenge to provide education to thousands of children was clear...

Yeasminara, a young girl in a burgundy hijab, sews next to a window with light streaming in.

A sense of self, a sense of life – Yeasminara

[CRC Article 8 – the right to an identity] “In Bangladesh, I am registered as a refugee, but I am more than that. I have a separate.....

An adolescent girl in a yellow Niqab, Tosmin, is cross stitching in a dark room with light streaming in.

The right to an identity for Rohingya children

[CRC Article 8 – the right to an identity] 18-year-old Tosmin is working hard to develop a career so she can overcome the odds to claim her citizenship.....

Soni, Hosson and and Rahmatullah lean against a brightly colored wicker wall and look at the camera. A large green plant is in the middle of them.

The struggle to heal in Cox’s Bazaar

[CRC Article 22: the right to receive special protection as a refugee] In Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees have been forced to flee...

Rohingya refugees endure a heavy rain in Balukhali camp, in Cox's Bazaar District, Bangladesh on 4 May

Investment in education desperately needed to avert “lost generation” of Rohingya children – UNICEF

One year after mass exodus from Myanmar, the futures of more than 500,000 refugee children in Bangladesh are in the balance

Rohingya crisis

Futures in the balance

Building hope for a generation of Rohingya children

Rohingya crisis

Monsoon rains hit Rohingya refugee camps, raising risks for thousands of children

Priyanka Chopra visits Rohingya refugee camp in Cox Bazaar

UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Priyanka Chopra meets Rohingya refugee children in Bangladesh camps

On 19 December 2017 in Bangladesh, Noor Bar, 12, stands outside her family’s shelter before heading out to chop kindling in a jungle area located quite a distance from the Balukhali makeshift settlement for Rohingya refugees where her family lives, in Cox’s Bazar district. By 20 December 2017, an estimated 655,000 Rohingya refugees had entered Bangladesh to escape the recent escalation of violence against them in Rakhine State in Myanmar.

When going to the bathroom takes courage

For Rohingya girls and women who have fled rape and sexual assault in Myanmar, a refugee camp in Bangladesh is meant to be a safe haven. But daily life and

UNICEF Staff with Rohingya children

Geneva Palais briefing note on UNICEF Rohingya Joint Response Plan