Speakers

Hafsar is a former Rohingya refugee from Myanmar and the co-Secretary General at Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network [APRRN]. Prior to this, Hafsar served as the chair of Asia Pacific Refugee Rights Network[APRRN] until February 2023. She is a Steering Committee Member of Asia Pacific Network of Refugees[ APNOR], a member of Global Refugee-Led Network[GRN], and an interim working group member of Global Movement of Statelessness. She had worked with refugee communities on the prevention and response to SGBV[Sexual Gender-Based Violence] and child marriage in Malaysia for 8 years. She has extensive knowledge of the range of SGBV issues faced by refugee women as well as of their experiences prior to leaving their country of origin and is a passionate advocate for improved prevention and response measures to SGBV.