‘People won’t die due to the disease; they will die due to hunger’: Exploring the Impacts of COVID-19 on Rohingya and Bangladeshi Adolescents in Cox’s Bazar

Author(s)
Guglielmi, S. ,  Seager, J. , Mitu, K. , Baird, S. & Jones, N.
Publication language
English
Pages
11pp
Date published
28 Aug 2020
Publisher
gage - gender & adolescence: global evidence
Type
Plans, policy and strategy
Keywords
Children & youth, COVID-19, Epidemics & pandemics, Food and nutrition, Food aid, Food security, Host Communities, Refugee Camps, Poverty
Countries
Bangladesh

In order to inform the Bangladeshi Government’s COVID-19 response and that of its humanitarian and development partners in Cox’s Bazar, it is essential to supplement the existing evidence base with a focus on adolescent girls and boys, given the likelihood that containment measures will have multidimensional effects on young people’s well-being in the short and medium term. This policy brief draws on virtual research findings carried out with adolescent girls and boys in May and June 2020 and also presents priority policy and programming implications.

Authors: 
Guglielmi, S. ,  Seager, J. , Mitu, K. , Baird, S. & Jones, N.