WOMEN ON THE MOVE GENDERED AID IN THE ROHINGYA - REFUGEE CRISIS

Nonetheless, Article 17 of the Refugee Convention specifically states that Bangladesh must “accord to refugees lawfully staying in their territory the most favourable treatment accorded to nationals of a foreign country in the same circumstances, as regards the right to engage in wage-earning employment”.7 Currently in Bangladesh, this is not the case, as the opportunity to engage in the economy i. [...] The capacity to advocate for these girls to receive an education, and to ensure that this education is comparable to that of the rest of the Bangladesh state and is of a high quality are inherently linked to ensure the prosperity and empowerment of young girls. [...] The genocide against the Rohingya has been reported as a planned attack to cleanse the state of this population.17 With this precedent alongside the systemic denial of such activity by the military and government, engaging in discussions of repatriation can result in precarious conditions for the vulnerable Rohingya people. [...] • This report calls for the government of Bangladesh to remove unwritten policies designed to ‘eradicate a pull factor’ and consider the needs of the Rohingya, and the fulfillment of their human rights. [...] 22 FORGETTING THE VARIABLE OF GENDER 2 23Forgetting the Variable of Gender One of the most prominent findings of this research was the discovery that many individuals in the NGO and INGO community consider gender-based considerations within the Rohingya crisis response to be non-essential and superfluous.