As a boy, Golam Mostafa harboured a dream of becoming a radio singer. Back then, radio was in its heyday and Golam craved a spot as a regular performer. “My father did not approve. He said as much to me. But I was not about to give up,” he said.

Shahena was only 14 years old when her wedding was fixed. “This was not how things were supposed to go,” she recalled.

Khaleda and her husband have called the Kutupalong refugee camp in Cox's Bazar home for years, having fled Myanmar to seek safety and a better future. At 30 years old, Khaleda is a mother of four – three sons and a daughter. Life in the refugee camp has not been easy, but Khaleda found support and guidance from the dedicated community health workers who regularly visited her home and other women living in the...