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UN Women National Committee Australia

Trek for Rights April 2022

UN Women Australia's Trek for Rights takes participants to the wilds of Tasmania's Cradle Mountain to raise funds in support of Rohingya refugee women and girls in Bangladesh.
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Event: Trek for Rights 2021, from 25 April 2022 to 29 April 2022
Closed on 30/04/2022
RCN ABN: 23 638 729 775

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Rohingya people have suffered systematic discrimination and targeted violence in Myanmar for decades. In August 2017, a deadly crackdown on Rohingya Muslims led hundreds of thousands to flee across the border to Bangladesh. They risked everything to escape on foot or by sea, in search of safety and a better life.

Today, more than 900,000 Rohingya refugees live in the largest refugee camp in the world, in Coxs Bazar, Bangladesh. Life in the camp is not easy; conditions are crowded, and safety and security are ongoing concerns. In crises like this one, the needs of women and girls are often forgotten, but not with UN Women. UN Women provides an oasis for Rohingya refugee women and girls through its five Womens Centres in the camp.

UN Womens Centres provide education, vocational training, jobs, trauma counselling and a community for Rohingya women and girls. The Centres provide a safe space to connect. They offer information, raising awareness about violence, prevention of sexual exploitation and abuse, child marriage and trafficking. At UN Womens Centres, Rohingya women and girls develop leadership skills, are consulted about the running of the camp, and have their voices heard, their needs addressed and their rights protected.

So long as COVID-19 is present in the camp, UN Womens Centres will employ Rohingya refugee women to deliver prevention and education programs, manufacture and sell reusable face masks, empowering women to help stem the spread of the virus.

The funds raised through the Trek for Rights 2021 will support the Centres education, training, health and job programs for Rohingya refugee women and girls. Your contributions help to ensure Rohingya refugee women and girls get the help they need, when they need it most.

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UN Women National Committee Australia

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RCN ABN: 23 638 729 775
UN Women Australia exists to raise funds for and awareness of UN Women’s platform to accelerate gender equality worldwide. UN Women is the United Nations agency for women’s empowerment and gender equality, focusing on ending violence, ending poverty and increasing women's leadership.

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