BBC named Rima Sultana Rimu as one of the 100 inspiring and influential women around the world in 2020 for the role she played during the past three years in educating women and children in Rohingya camps in Bangladesh.
Rimu said to the Anadolu Agency :
As a human being I feel that the people who have taken shelter in my country should enjoy the basic human rights like education and I have started my struggle to educate Rohingya children amid various limitations and difficulties.
The BBC said of Rimu: "Rima Sultana Rimu is a member of Young Women Leaders for Peace in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. This programme, part of the Global Network of Women Peacebuilders, aims to empower young women from conflict-affected countries to be leaders and agents of peace."
Rimu’s efforts are essential not only for helping Rohingya refugees get an education but also acquire the help they need. Educating the refugees created a shift in aide services:
Many uneducated Rohingya women and young girls are now able to read English and can receive relief items by signing and reading the cards.
Since August 2017, Amnesty International reported that over 750,000 Rohingya refugees, mostly women and children, escaped Myanmar after a crackdown on Muslim minorities to find refuge in Bangladesh.
