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Sophie visits Rohingya refugee camps in Cox’s Bazar on trip to Bangladesh
The duchess met children and women in camps where more than 1.2 million Rohingya refugees have sought shelter since 2017.
- On Tuesday, Sophie, the Duchess of Edinburgh, visited Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, meeting children in Camp 4 to learn about their education and experiences amid displacement from Myanmar.
- Representing the British government, the Duchess is championing 'shared interests in the welfare, protection and empowerment of women and girls' through her commitment to the Women, Peace and Security agenda.
- The Duchess toured a UNICEF Learning Centre and a soap factory run by the Programme for Helpless and Lagged Societies , which helps Rohingya women achieve economic self-reliance in the world's largest refugee settlement.
- Mohammad Obaid, a class 6 student, pleaded with the royal, "Please give me, and students like me, an opportunity," expressing his aspiration to become an engineer and help his community.
- This official three-day visit concludes today, November 11, aiming to strengthen the UK-Bangladesh partnership; the Duchess previously visited the South Asian country in 2017.
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Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh Visits Refugee Camps in Bangladesh
Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh, visited the Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar during a three-day official visit to Bangladesh, where she also met the prime minister's wife and played field hockey with young athletes.
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Sophie Visits Rohingya Refugee Camps On Trip To Bangladesh
The Duchess of Edinburgh heard about efforts to help women and girls as part of her commitment to the Women, Peace and Security agenda and the UK’s Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative. She met children living in Camp 4, and learnt about their education and experiences. The duchess travelled to the Unicef learning centre, and visited a Women and Girls’ Safe Space, run by the International Organisation for Migration. She also toured …
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