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• Women

  A Call for Women’s Solidarity on the 103^rd International Women’s Day: Making Women’s Rights & Meaningful Participation in Burma (Myanmar) and in ASEAN a Reality

  8 March 2014, 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 (...)

• Women

  Women in the Movement

  July 2008, 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 (...)

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  Violence against Women Serious Problem in Burma

  28 November 2007, 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 (...)

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  The women’s struggle in Burma

  5 March 1997, 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 (...)