A Rohingya mother sits inside her bamboo shelter with her three young children. The family is surrounded by woven bamboo walls and plastic sheeting, illustrating the cramped and precarious conditions of their home in a refugee camp in Bangladesh.

This essay seeks to document the political genealogy of Rohingya women, engaging with the oral histories and legal testimonies they have bravely placed on the public record. It aims to amplify the strategies of resilience developed by the women themselves, from the parliamentarians of the 1950s to the survivor-advocates of today.