This International Women’s Day we’re spotlighting a woman striving to support other women in her work in the Rohingya camps in Cox’s Bazaar, Bangladesh.

For 16-year-old Kohinoor, community-based child protection and education mechanisms supported by the Australian Humanitarian Partnership response in Bangladesh have empowered her to stand up to her parents and refuse a child marriage.

Girls in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, like 14-year-old Yaesmin are learning to advocate for their rights and protect themselves from GBV and early marriage through the Girls Shine curriculum.

16-year-old Rafiq can now write his name, and is standing up for child rights in his community, after attending a youth club supported through the AHP response in Cox’s Bazar.

When Omar broke his arm playing sport, his mother, struggling to make ends meet in a Rohingya camp in Bangladesh, didn’t notice the severity of the injury. A child protection worker supported by AHP helped them get medical care.

Sayed Alam didn’t realise just how much attending Community-Based Child Protection Committee meetings, supported by AHP, had changed his views until he found out that his son had eloped with a girl. He acted quickly to stop the marriage.

Families displaced by the Ukraine war are accessing mental health and psychosocial support and a range of other services in Romania, supported through the AHP response.

For 13-year-old Sara, access to an AHP-supported Child Friendly Space is helping her to cope with disruption and trauma after Türkiye’s devastating earthquake.

Sajeda, a Rohingya mother of four living in Cox’s Bazar, was a victim of child marriage. Motivated by her own experience and the negative outcomes she saw for other child brides, she volunteers as part of an AHP-supported committee to end the practice in her community.

Women and girls face unique challenges following a disaster. An Indonesian volunteer shares her observations following the 2018 earthquake and tsunami in Sulawesi.

In 2017, Save the Children received $3 million through the AHP to respond to the Myanmar-Bangladesh crisis.