YPSA-Life Skill Education (LSE) Project successfully celebrated the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence 2025 across Camps 13, 15, 22, 24, and 27 in Cox’s Bazar, focusing on this year’s global theme: “UNITE to End Digital Violence Against All Women and Girls.” The campaign highlighted the growing risks of online harassment and digital misuse affecting women and girls in the Rohingya community and promoted safe digital practices for all. This project is supported by Plan International Bangladesh and funded by UNFPA since April 2021.
As part of the celebration, YPSA organized engaging activities including drawing competition, essay competition, and musical chair event and prizes were awarded to the winners to encourage youth participation. The campaign also featured colorful rallies and awareness discussions to promote digital safety, respectful online behavior, and prevention of technology-facilitated GBV.
Objectives of 16 days:
- Enhance Understanding of Digital Violence: Strengthen knowledge among Rohingya and host community women, girls, men, and youth on digital violence-its forms, root causes, and impacts-within the broader context of technology-facilitated GBV (TFGBV).
- Build Digital Safety and Response Capacity: Equip participants with practical skills to protect privacy, identify and report digital abuse, and understand available response mechanisms and the legal and policy framework in Bangladesh.
- Promote Awareness and Collective Action: Use IEC materials to raise community awareness, amplify survivor voices, and strengthen collaboration among GBVSS partners, youth networks, and community leaders to prevent and respond to digital violence.
Key Messages:
- Online abuse is also violence; it harms safety, dignity, mental health, relationships.
- Every woman and girl deserve online safety- irrespective of language, status, mobility or access.
- Prevention and protection require community, platform, policy, and individual responsibility working together.
- Reporting harassment or abuse is not shameful- you have the right to safety, and support is available.
The celebration gained further significance with the presence and active support of respective Camp-in-Charges, Mr. Md. Al Imran (Senior Assistant Secretary, CiC Camp-13), Mr. Ajgar Ali (Deputy Secretary, CiC Camp-15), Md. Roney Alam Noor (Senior Assistant Secretary, CiC Camp-21 and 22), Md. Shafiqul Bari (Assistant Secretary, Assistant CiC Camp-21 and 22), and Mr. Khanjada Shahriar Bin Mannan (Senior Assistant Secretary, CiC Camp-24, 25 and 27) along with different humanitarian actors working with Rohingya communities, also attended the events and discussion sessions, expressing their thoughtful remarks on the importance of digital safety, the role of families and youth in preventing online abuse, and the need for everyone to work together to build a violence-free community.
The program was actively supported by YPSA-LSE team members Md. Ruhullah Khan Kamal (Project Coordinator), Mir Sainul Bin Mannan (MEAL Officer), Gazy Md. Rashedul Alam (CBCP Officer), Azizul Bari Bhuiyan (CBCP Officer), Md. Abul Mohsin (CBCP Officer), Runa Akter (Project Officer-Girl Shine), and Rabekha Sultana Purabi (Project Officer-Girl Shine). Their involvement strengthened community engagement and ensured smooth implementation across the Rohingya camps.
