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The Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law, and Development (APWLD) and the Women’s League of Burma (WLB) held a press conference with Kachin, Karen and Shan women on Thursday (8 April) to call on the international community for a monitoring and intervention mission to Burma/Myanmar, a comprehensive (...)
, by Members of the global women’s rights movement
Dear President and Members of the United Nations (UN) Security Council,
Marking the 65th session of the Commission on the Status of Women, we, Women’s Peace Network and the undersigned women’s organizations, call upon the UN Security Council to hold the Myanmar military accountable for (...)
, by Agence France-Presse
In a rare acknowledgement of wrongdoing, the military announces the verdict and sentence against the 3 rapists
After being gang-raped by soldiers, steely-eyed Thein Nu went up against Myanmar’s powerful military in a months-long fight for justice – a fight that paid off with a rare legal (...)
, by AGUILAR Macarena, MARLER Isabel
Amid Myanmar’s transition towards democracy, a dangerous Buddhist nationalist movement is on the rise, and women are playing a key role.
In the hastily-built displacement camps of Rakhine state, in the western part of Myanmar, where some 129,000 mostly Muslim Rohingya people have been interned (...)
, by Collective
We are women, sisters, movements, networks, and activists from all over Southeast Asia and across the globe, expressing our solidarity with all the women of Burma (Myanmar) and the rest of ASEAN on this 103rd International Women’s Day celebration.
This year’s International Women’s Day has a (...)
, by Aye Lae, CHO Violet
A handful of prominent female activists have made a significant mark on Burmese dissident politics, but true equality of the sexes remains elusive
THREE days after Cyclone Nargis struck southwestern Burma on May 2-3, social activist Phyu Phyu Thin bravely came out of hiding to help victims of (...)
, by Shah Paung
Burmese authorities keep a careful watch on the home of Tar Tar and monitor her daily activities when she leaves her house. Pro-junta supporters stand around on the street corners of her neighborhood.
Tar Tar, who asked not to be identified by her real name, is one of many Burmese women who (...)
, by CHENG Eva, Thet Thet Lwin
Women played an active role in Burma’s struggle for independence — from British colonial rule and Japanese occupation — and remained an organised force under the post-independence government, 1948-58. Ne Win’s seizure of power in 1958 and his military dictatorship strangled the women’s and other (...)
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