Exploring Safety, Gender, and Health and Well-being Concerns: Participatory Research with Rohingya Adoelscent Refugees and Asylum-Seekers

探索安全、性别、健康和福祉问题：罗兴亚青少年难民和寻求庇护者的参与性研究

• 批准号: 2587237
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2021 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2587237
• 关键词: Exploring; Safety; Gender; Health; Well

PATHWAY: International Development, Health and WellbeingBACKGROUND: Following systematic persecution and denial of citizenship in Myanmar, many Rohingya people fled to neighbouring countries, including Malaysia since the 1990s. Conflict-induced forced migration contributes to substantial levels of mortality and poor health and well-being (HWB), particularly associated with risks of violence. Family disruption erodes available protection and provision, pushing many Rohingya adolescent boys into informal work. Rohingya adolescent girls face heightened risks of gender-based violence, for instance through trafficking or smuggling into Malaysia for early marriage, with detrimental HWB consequences from teenage pregnancy complications. As Malaysia is a non-signatory to the 1951 Refugee Convention, their lack of legal status gives rise to specific child protection concerns in this protracted urban refugee situation. These include compounding threats of detention by immigration authorities, exclusion from formal education and employment, and limited access to healthcare and justice. Yet, there has been little research examining child protection and HWB concerns privileging the gendered perspectives of Rohingya adolescents themselves. METHODS: This research aims to explore safety, gender, and HWB concerns among Rohingya adolescents between 10-24 years old in Malaysia using a youth-centred participatory approach. Firstly, stakeholder consultations and fieldwork reflections enable critical analyses of ethical issues in participatory research with this population to ensure safe research conduct in the absence of local guidelines. Secondly, multimodal qualitative research explores Rohingya adolescents' gendered experiences and perceptions of safety, violence, and coping strategies, through: (i) participatory action research to co-design a safe space community event for girls; (ii) training-based research consultation workshops with mix-gendered youth representatives, (iii) focus group discussions; and (iv) semi-structured interviews. Thirdly, a secondary analysis of a survey among Rohingya adolescents in Bangladesh will examine the HWB impact of social issues prioritised by Rohingya adolescents in Malaysia. Finally, findings will be triangulated to conceptualise "safety", via theory elaboration using Galtung's conceptualisation of "violence" as a point of departure. CORE SKILLS REQUIRED:Research ethics involving vulnerable children and young people Collaborative research across academia and third-sector organisationsCross-cultural community engagement Youth-centred participatory approachMultimodal qualitative data collection and analysisMixed methods for interdisciplinary researchINTENDED IMPACT: This research addresses UN SDG 16.2 (end violence against children), 10.7 (facilitate orderly, safe and responsible migration), and 5 (gender equality). This research seeks to involve refugee adolescents with lived experience in generating evidence to strengthen local child protection and adolescent HWB programming. Including the voices and self-representation of Rohingya adolescents in the migration narrative and service design upholds adolescents' right to be heard in matters affecting them. KEYWORDS: child protection, safety, violence, adolescent health and wellbeing, gender, refugee and asylum-seeker, youth-centred participatory research, urban refugee, global health, LMIC

路径：国际发展、卫生和福祉背景：自1990年代以来，在缅甸遭受系统性迫害和拒绝给予公民身份后，许多罗兴亚人逃往邻国，包括马来西亚。由非法移民引起的被迫移徙造成了高水平的死亡率以及健康和福利状况不佳，特别是与暴力风险有关。家庭破裂侵蚀了现有的保护和供应，迫使许多罗兴亚男孩进入非正式工作。罗兴亚少女面临更高的性别暴力风险，例如通过贩运或走私到马来西亚早婚，少女怀孕并发症造成有害的HWB后果。由于马来西亚不是1951年《难民公约》的签署国，他们缺乏法律的地位，在这一旷日持久的城市难民局势中引起了具体的儿童保护问题。其中包括移民当局拘留的威胁，被排除在正规教育和就业之外，以及获得医疗保健和司法的机会有限。然而，很少有研究探讨儿童保护和卫生福利局的关切，包括罗兴亚青少年本身的性别观点。方法：这项研究旨在探讨安全，性别，和HWB之间的10-24岁的罗兴亚青少年在马来西亚使用以青年为中心的参与性方法的关注。首先，利益相关者的磋商和实地考察的反思，使伦理问题的批判性分析，参与研究与这一人群，以确保安全的研究行为在没有当地的指导方针。其次，多模式定性研究探讨罗兴亚青少年的性别经历和对安全，暴力和应对策略的看法，通过：（一）参与性行动研究，共同设计一个安全的空间社区活动的女孩;（二）基于培训的研究咨询讲习班与混合性别的青年代表，（三）焦点小组讨论;和（四）半结构化访谈。第三，对孟加拉国罗兴亚青少年调查的二次分析将研究马来西亚罗兴亚青少年优先考虑的社会问题对HWB的影响。最后，调查结果将被三角形的概念化“安全”，通过理论阐述使用Galtung的“暴力”的概念作为出发点。核心技能要求：涉及弱势儿童和青年的研究伦理跨学术界和第三部门组织的合作研究跨文化社区参与以青年为中心的参与式方法多模式定性数据收集和分析跨学科研究的混合方法预期影响：本研究涉及联合国可持续发展目标16.2（结束暴力侵害儿童），10.7（促进有序，安全和负责任的移民）和5（性别平等）。这项研究旨在让有生活经验的难民青少年参与生成证据，以加强当地儿童保护和青少年HWB方案编制。将罗辛亚青少年的声音和自我表达纳入移徙叙述和服务设计，维护了青少年在影响他们的事项上发表意见的权利。关键词：儿童保护、安全、暴力、青少年健康和福祉、性别、难民和寻求庇护者、以青年为中心的参与性研究、城市难民、全球健康、LMIC