Baseline Report: Providing Quality Humanitarian & Development Assistance to Minimize Child Protection, SGBV Risks, and Building Peace in the Cox’s Bazar Area (Bangladesh, 2025)

Since the 2017 Rohingya influx, host communities in Ukhiya and Teknaf Upazilas of Cox’s Bazar have experienced heightened vulnerability due to reduced access to services, economic strain, and increased protection risks. Bangladesh currently hosts over one million Rohingya refugees, more than half of whom are children, while adjacent host communities comprise approximately 541,000 people who remain comparatively underserved. Both populations face significant child protection challenges, including child labor, gender-based violence (GBV), domestic violence, insecurity, and limited livelihood opportunities. Evidence shows that child labor affects 13.5% of host community children and 9.5% of Rohingya children, while harmful gender norms and violence against women and girls remain pervasive. This baseline study supports the SC-Korea-funded project, “Providing quality humanitarian & development assistance to minimize Child Protection, SGBV risks, and Building Peace in the Cox’s Bazar Area.” The study establishes baseline values to inform monitoring, accountability, learning, and endline comparison, while guiding targeted humanitarian and development interventions for both Rohingya refugees and host communities.