1.0World Vision Advocacyhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.orgKatie Taylorhttps://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/author/kataylor/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="Iy8VjAN4P7"><a href="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2020/06/24/why-does-disaster-increase-the-risk-of-violence-against-women-and-girls/rohingya-refugee-crisis-21/">Rohingya Refugee Crisis</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.worldvisionadvocacy.org/2020/06/24/why-does-disaster-increase-the-risk-of-violence-against-women-and-girls/rohingya-refugee-crisis-21/embed/#?secret=Iy8VjAN4P7" width="600" height="338" title="“Rohingya Refugee Crisis” — World Vision Advocacy" data-secret="Iy8VjAN4P7" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://live-advocacy.d2.worldvision.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/D030-0883-95_Low_res_comp.jpg800534Rohingya refugee children carrying firewood they gathered outside the camp -- a dangerous activity. World Vision's kitchens have propane gas powered stoves, so those families do not have to send their children out to collect firewood. Camp life in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, the world’s largest refugee camp. In August 2017, more than 720,000 Rohingya fled what is now recognized by many international governments as a genocide, crossing on land by foot and through rivers on boats or by swimming. They joined some 200,000 Rohingya already living in Bangladesh following previous purges. The Rohinyga have no rights. They are denied citizenship in Myanmar. They lack refugee status in Bangladesh. They’re not allowed to work outside the camps. Families who used to farm now depend on relief food. Their lives have been turned upside down. In Bangladesh, these displaced people are not recognized as official refugees because Bangladesh is not a signatory to the 1951 Convention on Refugees. Without this status, the Rohingya do not have the rights that protect refugees in other countries (e.g. Syrian refugees in Jordan) from exploitation and abuse. So they are without citizenship in their home country, and without any rights in Bangladesh. World Vision is helping to build a protective, enabling environment in the camps for children that will help prevent and respond to violence, abuse and exploitation. Children comprise 55 percent of the almost 1 million refugees living in the camps. When the Rohingya came, they settled in Cox’s Bazar, setting up camp in makeshift shelters. They came with only the clothes they were wearing. World Vision provided tarps and bamboo poles to help get them through the monsoons. We made sure people had clean water and bathrooms. That malnourished children were treated and received the nutritious food they needed to grow. Above all, we are advocating on their behalf. As strangers with no rights—far from home, we are working to protect vulnerabl