findings V: gender impacts Aisha, a 60-year-old Rohingya woman, also expressed the same discomfort, “We get terrified and our tears start running down our cheeks when we see them [doing checks]. I think it is not a big deal to check on men like that, but the way they check on women’s bodies in public is not appropriate at all.” 128 Kamal, a 29 year old Rohingya man shared occurrences of more serious sexual violence by APBn and others explaining that, “there are some incidents that have happened where women were raped when they were taken inside the office to check them at the check post. If a woman is travelling alone, the driver will beat her and loot her things by taking her close to the forest. Women are more vulnerable than men because of restrictions.” He also pointed to the SGBV that men experience but often don’t disclose, “Men also face such things, but the men don’t express it.” 129 Sexual violence and abuse not only occurs at checkpoints. Rohingya women have reported that APBn officers routinely single out and abuse Rohingya women in their shelters.“The police come here at night and knock on the doors of our shelters,” said Amina, a 30-year-old Rohingya woman. “If they see any beautiful girl in a shelter once, they keep going to that shelter repeatedly and abuse her.” 130 This abuse and harassment also extends to sexual manipulation, intimidation, and coerce- ment. “They force us to meet with them even though they know we have husbands,” explained Sabina, a 30-year-old Rohingya woman. “Moreover, they threaten us that they would harm our husbands if we don’t meet them… They harass us sexually and force us to have physical relationships with them.” 131 Rohingya women also reported harassment when interacting with the host community, which has created a general feeling of insecurity and fear related to movement outside the camps. “When a girl reaches puberty and looks a bit grown up here, she is at risk of being harassed,” 132 said Aziza, a 38-year-old Rohingya woman. 128 129 130 131 132 Interview C09F Interview C20M Interview C20F Interview C26F Interview C25F 70