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08 October 2024
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UNFPA and the Republic of Korea Launch Major Initiative to Empower Rohingya Youth and Women
The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and the Republic of Korea have announced a groundbreaking partnership to empower Rohingya youth and women in Bangladesh.
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30 September 2024
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A New Lease on Life
The year was 2021, and the Women-friendly Space (WFS) was finally opening its doors to the Ukhiya host community. Among the first to step through was a woman named Farida.
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25 September 2024
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A Search for Faith, Justice & Equality
It has been seven years since Nurul Kabir arrived at one of the refugee camps in Ukhiya, Cox’s Bazar. He is 30 years old now, and has recently welcomed his first born.
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16 September 2024
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An Ironclad Faith
As a Mental Health & Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) Counsellor, Nazneen's work with survivors of gender-based violence at the One-stop Crisis Center in Cox's Bazar District Hospital…
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10 September 2024
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A Most Gracious Host
Four years ago, Jasim Uddin, a devoted father and husband, opened a tea stall in Ramu, Cox’s Bazar.
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29 August 2024
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‘I Made Something of My Life’
Asma Khatun, a 32-year-old woman from Ukhiya, Cox's Bazar, has been working as a security guard at the Women Friendly Space (WFS), locally known as Shanti Khana or Home of Peace,…
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26 August 2024
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A day in the life of a midwife on Bhasan Char
Bhasan Char, once an uninhabited island in the Bay of Bengal, now shelters over 32,500 Rohingya refugees, relocated from overcrowded camps in Cox’s Bazar. . With no prior…
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26 August 2024
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Where Hope Finds Refuge
Tasnim is a caseworker at the One Stop Crisis Cell housed within the Moheshkhali Upazila Health Complex. At 26, she is one of the first faces at the facility that survivors of…
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21 August 2024
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Facing Life's Hurdles and Joys as a United Front
Jahangir and Shirin live with their two children in Ramu, Cox’s Bazar. Jahangir runs a store and Shirin cultivates their land for farming. They started attending UNFPA-supported…
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