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US Aid Cuts Devastate Rohingya Youth, Surge in Abuse

12/19/2025

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Cuts to foreign aid by the United States and other donors have closed schools and youth centers in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh.
The United States has reduced funding by nearly half, leaving the Rohingya emergency response 50% funded for 2025.
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reports a surge in child violations in 2025, with abductions quadrupling.
Hasina, a seventeen-year-old girl who lost her school, now faces abuse from her husband after being married off.

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Story summary

Cuts to foreign aid by the United States and other donors have closed schools and youth centers in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh.
The United States has reduced funding by nearly half, leaving the Rohingya emergency response 50% funded for 2025.
United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) reports a surge in child violations in 2025, with abductions quadrupling.
Hasina, a seventeen-year-old girl who lost her school, now faces abuse from her husband after being married off.