Project profile — Rohingya Refugee Crisis - Reporting from the Front Lines of Humanitarian Crises - 2018-2019

This project aims to provide an inside view and highlight neglected stories of the Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh and Myanmar. It also provides more field-based and gender perspectives from the front lines of this global humanitarian crisis, and encourages more representative media coverage on gender issues. Project activities include: (1) increasing coverage of the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar and Bangladesh, with special attention to young women leaders, political systems, and entrepreneurship in the Rohingya refugee camps; (2) amplifying the voices and stories of women and girls in humanitarian settings in mainstream media coverage; (3) conducting field reporting on mass displacement and refugee issues; and (4) analyzing aid policy to inform effective and accountable crisis prevention and response. This project is being implemented by IRIN, a non-profit association whose mission is to put independent journalism at the service of the millions of people affected by humanitarian crises.

The expected outcomes for this project are: (1) the promotion of the advancement of women and girls in humanitarian settings; (2) improved documentation of abuses and failure to protect women and girls; (3) strengthened transparency, data collection, and analysis regarding humanitarian responses; and (4) increased knowledge of the root causes of displacement and refugee issues around the world. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved, suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in countries experiencing humanitarian crises or acute food insecurity.

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