Shan Women’s Action Network | November 25, 2018 [November 25, 2018] — The Shan Women's Action Network [SWAN] is recognizing the 16 Days of Activism by addressing the challenges young girls and women face in conflict in Burma through a [...]
Kachin Women's Association Thailand (KWAT) | September 13, 2018 On Myanmar’s Anti-Trafficking in Persons Day, KWAT urges Burma’s government and the international community to recognize that without an end to Burma Army offensives and war crimes, the problem of [...]
Associated Press / The Myanmar Times | September 5, 2018 They were the first photos Marip Lu had ever taken of her son, and it broke her heart to think they might be the last. The 3-year-old was standing [...]
By Nan Lwin Hnin Pwint / The Irrawaddy | August 17, 2018 MONGYAW — Recently, I happened to be in Palaung ethnic villages in Monyaw—a sub-township some 60 miles from the urban areas of Lashio in northern Shan State. [...]
Salween Peace Park Committee / Karen Environmental and Social Action Network (KESAN)| August 9, 2018 On August 9th (the 11th anniversary of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), the war-displaced Karen communities and their allied [...]
Burma Campaign UK / Human Rights Foundation | July 26, 2018 Burma has suffered under decades of brutal military dictatorships, military-backed governments and now an NLD-led government. It has long been considered one of the worst countries in the world for its [...]
Women and Child Rights Project (WCRP) / Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) | July 25, 2018 HURFOM’s Women and Child Rights Project (WCRP) releases: ‘“A Girl’s Life was Destroyed”: Sexual violence against children continues to rise in Mon [...]
By Lawi Weng / The Irrawaddy | June 17, 2018 MON STATE — Six female medics of the Ta’ang National Liberation Army (TNLA) were murdered after being taken prisoner by the Myanmar Army in Namkham Township, northern Shan State, [...]
Progressive Voice | July 12, 2018 Executive Summary Freedom of assembly is an essential part of a democratic system, allowing citizens to express themselves and defend human rights collectively, and to raise public awareness about important issues and pressure [...]
By Thinzar Shunlei Yi and Sut Seng Htoi / Mizzima | July 10, 2018 Myanmar has a proud history of peaceful protests. Exercising the right to the freedom of peaceful assembly in the face of state violence has been [...]