The Rohingya Students Unity for Right has been operating in Bangladesh since 2019 and works in 4 districts across the country –, Cox's Bazaar, Ukiya, Taknaf, Rohingya refugee camps.

RSUR has developed a multi-pronged community development programme using a rights-based, community-centred child development (CCCD) approach. The programme includes advocacy initiatives at national and local levels, awareness-raising activities about child marriage and other developmental issues among various stakeholders, and the promotion of community-based organisations of children and adults.

The RSUR also provides training on life skills, health and sanitation, and vocational skills to children.

We found that child marriage is a strong cultural phenomenon among the Rohingya Refugee , primarily rooted in socio-cultural and religious beliefs around readiness for marriage. Although child marriage was practiced by the Rohingya in Myanmar, specific state law and oppression by military forces prevented many from marrying before age 18. Now this preference is more easily practiced in the camps in Bangladesh where the displaced Rohingya experience less marriage regulation. Host community participants perceive the presence of the Rohingya as encouraging both polygamy and child marriage in their communities, leading to tension among the host community.

During their ongoing campaign, children spoke out bravely about the forms of violence they encounter, safe and unsafe places in the camps, as well as who they look to for protection. They named the forests where they must go to collect firewood, food distribution line-ups and crowded markets as dangerous places. Madrasas (religious schools) and RSUR child-friendly centres topped their list of safe spaces, with their homes often being a distant third for some due to domestic abuse.

The young campaigners are urging parents and leaders to protect them physically—and to protect their rights to safetyBut changing attitudes about harmful traditional practices takes time, especially given that many Rohingya parents believe that discipline means hitting and Children and parents participating in the campaign identified child marriage as an urgent concern. Rohingya girls usually get married between the ages of 12 to 16. According to a recent BBC Media Action report, child marriage is seen as survival mechanism and has become normalized in the Rohingya camps where some parents marry off girls at an early age to reduce the “burden” without understanding the long-term risks.