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Advocating for Rohingya Human Rights
Featuring our collaborations, the support frameworks we help build working towards a better future for Rohingya everywhere.
A common thread of the work featured below is that they include partnerships with other individuals and organizations. These partnerships are intrinsic to the success in our advocacy for Rohingya rights and throughout the service agenda.
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This Page features articles about the Rohingya Genocide and Diaspora
Civil Rights Advocacy
Establishing a working relationship with local, national, and international legal mechanisms is very important to address rights issues. Our respective communities have much to learn to understand complexities in Rohingya experience in the US, and for Rohingya to understand the complexities of becoming American. This page features BRCW efforts in human rights advocacy and supporting legal & civil rights.
Civics Advocacy
Rohingya understand how important citizenship is, as stateless people they know what it's like to have it stripped away. We approach civics education head on, and there is a lot to learn about what it means to be an American, to understand our laws and norms, joining a proud and strong citizenry. We advocate for our community to take the process of learning seriously, and hope that our community is able to make informed decisions and participate. This page highlights working relationships and projects devoted to US civics and cultural orientation efforts.
Advocacy in Education
Rohingya are recently resettled group, many students having been born abroad face a difficult transition to US school systems. We advocate for schools to be better equipped for refugee students - particularly for those
with severe lapses in previous education and persistent language and literacy challenges. While US Rohingya are so happy that their children are able to attend school, we advocate for our school systems to better understand the specific needs of refugees. This page features our efforts in language, literacy, and primary education.
Advocacy in Higher Education
Partnerships with student academics and universities is a great way for our teams to explore global human rights issues while sharing Rohingya experiences with eager minds. We advocate for Rohingya rights by welcoming these discussions, engage in larger projects spanning issues from healthcare, education, history, and international human rights regime. This section features our work in academia that focuses of Rohingya Rights and other student led/supported projects.
Health Advocacy
Few Rohingya had access to modern medicine before being resettled, creating a difficult situation for our local health systems. Severe language barriers coupled with limited education created a foreboding healthcare atmosphere. For years, Rohingya have struggled to find information and access to services. Advocating for Rohingya health begins with effective communication to build the systems to access care. Our efforts in the healthcare are near constant, and this page highlights some of that work.
Advocacy through Coalitions Building & Story Telling
Rohingya can be considered a voiceless people, but as the years go by, and following generations are born, it becomes less so. The stories of the first generation are filled with pain and loss, difficult to hear, and perhaps more difficult to tell. Rohingya resettled in the United States have begin telling their own story, growing into their new home and perhaps more able and willing to tell their stories. When called to respond and speak publicly, we are happily compelled to oblige. This page features our work building Rohingya identity, telling stories, and coalition building.