findings V: gender impacts 72 Impact of Restrictions on Trafficking and Child Marriage The deteriorating conditions in the camps, caused in large part by government restrictions, have also led to trafficking of women and girls and an increase in child marriage. Families increasingly fear that their unmarried daughters will face assault and abuse in the camps. To avoid the personal and cultural impacts associated with SGBV, families see child marriage as one of the only routes available to safeguard their daughters, effectively making the decision to trade one form of SGBV for another. Some respondents reported that the rise in desperate attempts to find marriage partners for daughters has led to an increase in trafficking. Khadija, a 24-year-old Rohingya woman, said, “Many people take our girls with the promise of taking them to Malaysia and Saudi Arabia, but those girls are trafficked and sold. . . they don’t actually marry the girls and [after] abusing them for some days, they are sent back here.” 136 Despite the dangers of trafficking, families are willing to take the risk because “Our single daughters are unsafe living here,” said Aziza, a 38-year-old Rohingya woman. 137 To avoid the personal and cultural impacts associated with SGBV, families see child marriage as one of the only routes available to safeguard their daughters, effectively making the decision to trade one form of SGBV for another. The societal consequences are severe for Rohingya women who experience sexual abuse. “Some Bangladeshi humanitarians are exploiting our girls,” said Khadija. “They offer our girls to marry or provide jobs and take the girls out of the camp by lying. They don’t actually marry the girls and after abusing them for some days, they are sent back here. Such girls lose dignity, and she can’t get married ever again and she is not viewed properly by the society.” 138 136 137 138 Interview C17F Interview C25F Interview C17F