Training for Refugee Women and Girls

The UN Population Fund and World Food Programme together launched a joint programme called “Women-Led Community Centre” (WLCC) in Cox’s Bazaar on 4th March. The focus of the project is to provide Rohingya women and teenage girls with life skills and vocational training which includes tailoring and gardening. There are ten WLCCs at the camps and host communities in Cox’s Bazar.

UN Resident Coordinator Mia Seppo; WFP Country Director in Bangladesh, Richard Ragan; UNFPA Country Representative Dr Asa Torkelsson; Bangladesh’s Women and Children Affairs Ministry Additional Secretary Aynul Kabir inaugurated the project at Unchiprang Rohingya camp yesterday.

“Through the WLCCs, UNFPA is expanding its intervention in Cox’s Bazar with an increased focus on women and girls’ empowerment and self-reliance skills that will allow them the opportunity to improve their lives,” said Dr Asa Torkelsson.

WFP has been implementing a skills training programme since August 2018. With the extension through this partnership more and more women and girls will get the opportunity to avail the training for themselves so that they can become self-sufficient.  The WLCCs are additions to the 20 ‘UNFPA Women Friendly Spaces’ in the camps, which have reached over 1,35,000 women and girls — providing them access to midwifery and other services for protection and empowerment.

Source: The Daily Star