‘How will my life be?’: psychosocial well-being among Rohingya and Bangladeshi adolescents in Cox’s Bazar

Psychosocial well-being for Rohingya and Bangladeshi adolescents in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh remains fraught. In addition to collectively carrying the trauma of displacement and statelessness, the Rohingya face daily environmental stressors including difficulty in obtaining basic needs, congested living arrangements, limited privacy, perceived insecurity and a lack of livelihood opportunities which have adverse effects on well-being. UNHCR notes that one-third of refugee families have at least one protection vulnerability requiring specialised attention, and while significant progress has been made by the humanitarian response in addressing vulnerabilities, the 2020 Joint Response Plan for the Rohingya Crisis highlights that the need for scaled-up psychosocial support services for boys and girls under 18, ‘remains urgent’.

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Guglielmi, S., Jones, N., Muz, J., Baird, S., Mitu, K. and Ala Uddin, M. (2020) ‘How will my life be?’: Psychosocial well-being among Rohingya and Bangladeshi adolescents in Cox’s Bazar.’ Policy Brief. London: Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence. (https://www.gage.odi.org/publication/psychosocial-well-being-among-rohingya-bangladeshi-adolescents/)