Attitudes Towards the Decision-Making Process in Rohingya Community Households
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Rohingya, Households, Decisions Making, Child Marriage, Health, EducationAbstract
The current state of the Rohingya community, economic and social status is still substantially inadequate. The research will describe both the decision-making thinking patterns and gender roles on everyday decisions within Rohingya society. The research employed mixed methods to obtain information from respondents. Apart from that this study received information supported by finding from UN Women and Action Against Hunger. The research study showed minimal involvement in communal choices concerning marriage arrangements as well as other child conception and children’s educational choices. Decisions in this case rest exclusively with male members of the society. Household decisions about healthcare access, having another child, marriage, earning, spending, migration and household affairs are managed by women alone according to 10% or fewer respondents. Research findings will create conditions for Rohingya community members to take part more actively in their decision-making process. Such findings are essential in researching context-sensitive humanitarian action that is inclusive by engaging women more in governance and by further strengthening resilience, as well as improving gender equity.
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