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Out from the shadows: Tackling the stigma of disability in refugee communities

Cox’s Bazar is the home of more than 900,000 Rohingya people living in refugee camps, of whom an estimated 12% are people with disabilities. We recently conducted research with people with disabilities living in the camps, to understand what barriers they face in accessing information, participating in decision-making activities, making complaints and giving feedback to the humanitarian agencies working there.

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