{"id":5837,"date":"2025-12-18T12:01:47","date_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5837"},"modified":"2025-12-18T12:01:47","modified_gmt":"2025-12-18T12:01:47","slug":"us-aid-cuts-force-rohingya-girls-into-marriage-children-into-hard-labour-rohingya-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/?p=5837","title":{"rendered":"US aid cuts force Rohingya girls into marriage, children into hard labour | Rohingya News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"article-dates\">\n<p><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Published On 18 Dec 2025<\/span><span aria-hidden=\"true\">18 Dec 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"rich-share\" data-testid=\"rich-share\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"rich-share__button-wrapper\"><button class=\"rich-share__button row\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><\/p>\n<p>Click here to share on social media<\/p>\n<p><svg class=\"icon icon--share2 icon--primary icon--16 \" viewbox=\"0 0 20 16\" version=\"1.1\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><title>share2<\/title><path fill=\"#000\" fill-rule=\"evenodd\" d=\"M11.688 9.048c-.659 0-1.252.282-1.673.733l-4.92-2.45c.016-.115.028-.232.028-.352 0-.117-.011-.23-.027-.343l4.913-2.423a2.285 2.285 0 0 0 1.68.739C12.964 4.952 14 3.899 14 2.6 14 1.302 12.965.25 11.688.25S9.377 1.302 9.377 2.601c0 .117.01.23.027.343L4.49 5.367a2.285 2.285 0 0 0-1.68-.739C1.536 4.628.5 5.681.5 6.979c0 1.299 1.035 2.35 2.312 2.35.659 0 1.252-.281 1.673-.731l4.92 2.45a2.357 2.357 0 0 0-.029.351c0 1.299 1.035 2.351 2.312 2.351S14 12.698 14 11.399s-1.035-2.35-2.312-2.35Z\" clip-rule=\"evenodd\"\/><\/svg><\/button><\/p>\n<p class=\"rich-share__social-text\">Share<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\">\n<p>Deep cuts to foreign aid by United States President Donald Trump this year, coupled with reductions from other donor countries, have forced the closure of thousands of schools and youth centres in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, devastating critical child protection programmes.<\/p>\n<p>The consequences are dire: Girls forced into marriage, children as young as 10 pushed into hard labour, and some girls as young as 12 coerced into prostitution.<\/p>\n<p>While the US State Department reports providing more than $168m in aid to the Rohingya since Trump took office, citing improved efficiency and shared donor responsibility, the reality on the ground remains catastrophic.<\/p>\n<p>In rare moments of solitude, between beatings from her husband, 17-year-old Hasina weeps for the school that once offered her sanctuary in an otherwise merciless world.<\/p>\n<p>Since Myanmar\u2019s military killed her father in 2017, forcing her to flee to Bangladesh with her mother and sisters, school had been her refuge from camp predators and the threat of forced marriage. Then in June, when Hasina was 16, her teacher announced the school\u2019s funding had been cut. The school was closing. In an instant, both her education and childhood vanished.<\/p>\n<p>With educational opportunities eliminated and her family fearing worsening conditions from aid reductions, Hasina \u2013 like hundreds of other underage girls \u2013 was quickly married off. Many, including Hasina, now endure abuse from their husbands.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI dreamed of being something, of working for the community,\u201d Hasina says softly. The The Associated Press news agency is withholding her full name to protect her from retaliation by her husband. \u201cMy life is destroyed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a sweltering building near her cramped shelter, Hasina nervously fidgets with her pink phone case marked \u201cForever Young\u201d. Though still young, the aid cuts forced her prematurely into adulthood \u2013 and horror. Soon after marriage, her husband isolated her from her family and began physically and sexually abusing her. She constantly dreams of school, where she excelled in English and aspired to become a teacher. Now she\u2019s largely confined to her shelter, performing domestic duties while dreading the next assault.<\/p>\n<p>She would escape, if possible, but has nowhere to go. Return to Myanmar is impossible, with the military responsible for the 2017 genocide still controlling her homeland. Her husband now controls her future, though she no longer envisions one.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the school hadn\u2019t closed,\u201d she says, \u201cI wouldn\u2019t be trapped in this life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The situation has become increasingly dangerous for the 600,000 children in these overcrowded camps. UNICEF reports that child violations have surged this year, with abduction and kidnapping cases more than quadrupling to 560 compared with last year. Reports of armed groups recruiting children have increased eightfold, affecting 817 children.<\/p>\n<p>In the Bangladesh camps, the US has reduced funding by nearly half compared with last year, while the overall Rohingya emergency response is only 50 percent funded for 2025. Although UNICEF has repurposed some remaining funds to reopen most of its learning centres, many schools run by other aid organisations remain closed, leaving thousands of children without education.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Published On 18 Dec 202518 Dec 2025 Click here to share on social media share2 Share Deep cuts to foreign aid by United States President Donald Trump this year, coupled with reductions from other donor countries, have forced the closure of thousands of schools and youth centres in Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh, devastating critical [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5838,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5837","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia-pacific"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5837","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5837"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5837\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5838"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5837"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5837"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inernews.online\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5837"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}