Displaced and stateless Rohingyas face a life of disadvantage, and a future of untold health risks.
ROHINGYA organisations worldwide have called for a global day of action today in support of human rights for the Rohingya people of Myanmar.
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| Stateless Rohingya children in material and environmental disadvantage face severe consequences on their physical and mental health in adulthood. |
As a researcher examining the access of Rohingya women to maternal health services in the greater Kuala Lumpur area, I am compelled to add my voice to theirs and share my observations about the health experiences of this group as it is impacted by displacement.
Nur Farida (not her real name) was born in Malaysia. Her parents fled Rakhine state in the late 1970s. She was one of the Rohingya women in my study who delivered their babies at home because they could not afford maternal healthcare and/or lacked documents.
Nur Farida’s husband, who had been arrested several times, was in detention at the time of her recent delivery. To feed herself, her two children and unborn child, she cleaned houses and washed clothes for others, while she lived in a rundown house lacking running water and electricity.
