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Who we are

Trailblazing Resilience: Empowering Women, Advancing Human Rights

The Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network is a vibrant and dedicated network of Rohingya women who are experts in various fields of human rights work and specialty. We operate under the inspiring leadership of Rohingya women who are refugees, and community leaders. We are deeply committed to tackling the urgent human rights challenges that the Rohingya community faces, positioning ourselves as trailblazers in the fight for justice, gender equality, education, and global solidarity.
At our heart, we are dedicated to advancing the human rights of the Rohingya people, who have faced severe persecution and displacement. Our fundamental values revolve around inclusivity and empowerment, and we place a particular emphasis on elevating the voices and autonomy of Rohingya women.
As a collective, we strive towards collaboration among ourselves and throughout the region in solidarity with other groups in pursuit of justice and freedom across the globe. We believe that our work cannot be done in isolation and that collaborative work is vital to ensure our collective future is equitable and peaceful. Our common grounds can lay out the foundation for our connections and our difference must be celebrated. We work towards raising consciousness of the public sphere by working alongside other civil society organizations, NGOs and other relevant stakeholders in the movement.

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Organisation's History

The Rohingya Maìyafuìnor Collaborative Network was established in response to the ongoing genocide and humanitarian crises faced by the Rohingya people in Myanmar and across Asia-Pacific region. Our founding members were once refugees, displaced without protection due to the violence and mass atrocities in Myanmar. We embarked on a mission to support and advocate for our community with our lived experience as refugees and a deep understanding of our community’s needs.

The organization’s history is rooted in a commitment to intersectionality, social justice, human rights, and community-centred principles . We began as a small, dedicated group of individuals who recognized the need to address the multifaceted challenges faced by the Rohingya, including systematic persecution, displacement, and lack of access to protection, basic rights and human security.

We have grown and expanded our reach, forming alliances with local and international partners, while remaining driven by the same passion and purpose that led to our inception. Today, our history is marked by a series of collaborative efforts, advocacy initiatives, and grassroots programs aimed at promoting the well-being and rights of the Rohingya people.

Our Core Values

Our Mission

a collective led by Rohingya women experts, to create better opportunities and rebuild Rohingya community

Advocacy for Rohingya Human Rights

We advocate for the protection and restoration of the rights of the Rohingya people—an indigenous community to Arakan (Rakhine state). Our efforts draw global attention to the plight of the Rohingya community enduring a genocide while responding to the challenges to shift away from Rohingya perception as passive recipients or burdens to active agents of change for their own future. The network aims to shift from the reductive social perception of refugees and asylum seekers while deepening transnational solidarity across the global struggles to freedom and human rights for all. Our activities include but are not limited to, working with all interlocutors and stakeholders such as international organizations, governments, national institutions, humanitarian groups, and civil society organizations, to demand for justice and holistic rehabilitation of the Rohingya community.

Preventing and Addressing Gender-Based Violence (SGBV)

As we recognize the disproportionate impact of Sexual and Gender Based Violence on Rohingya women and girls, we implement programs aimed at prevention and sustainable support while strengthening the agency of those impacted. Our initiatives encompass awareness campaigns, capacity building, educational access, and socio-economic inclusion to create safer environments for women and girls in displacement using intersectional and people-centred frameworks.

Education

We firmly believe in the transformative power of education. Our organization is dedicated to enhancing access to quality education for Rohingya children and adults, nurturing a brighter future for the community through advocacy for access to traditional means of education, vocational training and enhanced reinforcement of existing skill sets that Rohingya refugees already possess.

Translocal Solidarity

In an interconnected world, we actively build bridges of solidarity with marginalized and oppressed communities. We share experiences and strategies, fostering collective empowerment and social change. Our core values focus on creating harmony and strengthening solidarity across the domestic landscape of Burma/Myanmar as well as the Asia-Pacific Region.

Women, Peace, and Security

We place a particular emphasis on the vital role of women in promoting peace and security within the Rohingya community and beyond. Through leadership development and advocacy, we empower Rohingya women to become active agents of positive change.

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Our Impact

As a collective of Rohingya women who are experts in various field, our experience in advocacy and human rights protection span over 2 decades collectively. As an organization, our efforts have achieved significant milestones, especially in narratives change, within a short period of time. We have heightened awareness about the Rohingya genocide along with the accompanied humanitarian crisis while offering sustainable solutions with multi-dimensional approach. We have garnered support for our initiatives globally and cultivated a network of allies dedicated to our cause. Positive changes have been witnessed in the lives of Rohingya refugees providing them with hope, and access to opportunities for a brighter future in Aceh, Indonesia and beyond. We are committed to carry out this work carefully, compassionately and empathetically with the best interests of our community as a guiding principle throughout the region of Southeast Asia as it is one of the main areas of refuge for the community after Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. These values inform and guide our daily efforts to make a positive and lasting difference in the lives of the Rohingya people and to uphold their universal inalienable human rights. As ASEAN is our home, Rohingya people have as much stake in the systemic change of the region as others, to be better equipped in the protection of vulnerable groups. Our work to centre and include Rohingya will be imperative to the meaningful changes and strengthen the pathways towards sustainable peace for the region.

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Yasmin Ullah

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executive director

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Our efforts have achieved significant milestones within a short period of time. We’ve heightened awareness about the Rohingya crisis, garnered support for our initiatives, and cultivated a network of allies dedicated to our cause.

Noor Azizah

Co-founder Drector of advocacy, international relations, and women's leadership

our team

Profiles of key staff and leadership

Yasmin Ullah

Founder
executive director

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Trailblazing Resilience: Empowering Women, Advancing Human Rights