Burma Human Rights Network’s report: “We also have dreams”
A 30-year-old woman told BHRN “Yes, violence is another problem we have as one kills another, and
one is after another to cause them harm. I am shameful as the name of my people is being defamed.
I also feel unsafe with such violence. In our camp-1W, three or four people were killed, and we don’t
know where their wives and children have gone. We can't even escape from violence in our shelters
because of violence. Yes, there is domestic violence that occurs between husbands and wives.
These happen because of money. If the wife asks her husband to buy some goods, he beats her as
he doesn’t have any work. The husband argues by saying where can he get money when his wife
asks him to buy snacks for their children. Violence happens in this way. The men can’t work even
though they want to. Some of them were able to work in the host community before. Violence and
beating always appear between them and they get angry.”
Camp 1E
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