Development Economy Lead Story News
Burma needs millions of new houses, says UN
The UN says that one in four people in Burma live in low-quality housing, exposing them to greater threats during natural disasters.
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Arakan Citizenship Lead Story News Rohingya
Arakan nationalists protest immigration officer who granted Rohingya citizenship
ANP accuses regional immigration chief of issuing a national ID card to a “Bengali” woman who was born to non-Burmese parents.
Census Chin Lead Story News Women's Issues
Family matters: Census reveals dilemmas for Chin women
Married women in Chin State give birth to nine children on average, compared to four in Rangoon, according to new data.
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Rising number of unmarried women lowering Burma’s birthrate
The exceptionally high proportion of women in Burma who are remaining unmarried is bringing down the country’s birthrate, according to the latest census findings.
Keeping count in remote, conflict-hit Wa State
Bringing Burma’s national census to Wa State paid off in many ways, including increasing cooperation among communities long at odds with each other.
One in five children, elderly in Burma forced to work
Life is short in Burma, and for many, most of it is spent working for their survival.
Questions surround Rohingya census in Bangladesh
The count could bring much-needed security to undocumented refugees, but key questions regarding the methodology and goals of the process remain unanswered.
2015 Elections Chin Lead Story News
Only 50% of population on voter lists in Chin State
Out of a total population of 480,000, only 262,000 names appear on voter lists. Authorities blame media and CBOs for not informing the public.
2015 Elections Lead Story News Politics
Election Commission calls for public support on voter lists
UEC calls for help from civic society groups and political parties to correct irregularities in the voter lists for the upcoming general election.
2015 Elections Ethnic issues Lead Story News
‘National race representatives’ still in limbo
The Union Election Commission begins preparations for appointing ‘national race representatives’, pending further details from the Ministry of Immigration.
Census Lead Story News Society
Census a reminder of how far Burma has to go
A majority of houses in Burma are constructed from bamboo; only two percent have flush toilets, and 16 percent have electricity, according to a new census.
Foreign Affairs Lead Story News Rohingya
Obama asked to ‘just say their name’
As Burma prepares to welcome US President Barack Obama to Naypyidaw in November, a US-based NGO is urging Obama to address the plight of the Rohingyas during his visit.
Population shortfall forces rethink
This year’s census showed a population almost 10 million short of the estimated figure.
Burma reveals initial census data
Burma’s Ministry of Immigration and Population released provisional census data on Saturday, showing that the country has a population of 51.4 million people, almost ten million fewer than previous estimates.
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Lead Story News Politics Refugees Video
UNHCR raises concerns over Burmese refugee repatriation
Burmese refugees living in Thailand will face challenges if they are repatriated, the UN refugee agency said on Wednesday.
Lead Story News Politics Refugees Video
Census goes ahead at Thai refugee camps
Thousands of refugees line up to be counted in the Mae La camp near the border town Mae Sot, as Thai authorities begin the first census of its kind.
Lead Story News Politics Refugees Video
Burmese refugees banned from leaving camps in Thailand
Thailand’s authorities have banned Burmese refugees living on the Thai-Burmese border from leaving their camps, while they conduct a census to determine the exact number of refugees living in the country.
Lead Story News Politics Society Video
Census will try to count Arakan Muslims
Burma’s Ministry of Immigration announce that the census in Arakan State will continue until the end of May, in an attempt to count Muslim populations that were excluded from last month’s tally.
Census Conflict Lead Story News
China Closes Border as Thousands Flee Kachin War
“Fully armed Chinese soldiers are patrolling along the border and border crossing at Bang Hkam Gate has been suspended.”
Census Ethnic issues Lead Story News
Burmese army threatens force to complete census in KIO area
Burmese army troops have moved into conflict zones on the Kachin-Shan border, where locals say they plan to forcibly impose census taking.
Census Lead Story News Rohingya
Census-takers fail to count Rohingyas
Census-takers are locked in a standoff with Rohingya householders in Arakan State as the Muslim minority decline to answer questions while the enumerators refuse to record their ethnicity on the census questionnaires.
Term ‘Rohingya’ struck from census
The census went ahead in Arakan State today as a decision to eliminate the term “Rohingya” from data collection lead to the cancellation of a planned boycott.
Census Lead Story News Society
Burma’s first census in 30 years begins
DVB captured some scenes of enumerators preparing the census questionnaires, leaving their stations, and interviewing the residents of Dala and Bahan townships in Rangoon.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics
Intl community ‘deeply concerned’ over Sittwe riots
The European Union and the United States expressed “deep concern” on Thursday evening after mobs of Arakanese Buddhists attacked homes and offices of humanitarian aid workers in the capital of Burma’s western Arakan State.
Burma’s badly needed census may have come too soon
Incomplete demographic data is holding back development efforts in a new Burma, yet counting heads now could cause violence.
DVB Debate Lead Story News Politics Video
DVB Debate: Will the census bring consensus?
Panellists on DVB Debate discuss whether the nationwide ceasefire, which officially commences on 30 march, will be used to legitimise discrimination.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics Rohingya
Arakanese threaten to boycott census over Rohingya issue
Arakanese Buddhists from all of the state’s 17 townships have vowed to boycott Burma’s upcoming census after the government ignored an ultimatum to omit the term “Rohingya” from data collection.
Ethnic issues Feature Lead Story News Video
Mon seek equal footing on census
With the start of the national census less than a week away, Mon leaders are pushing for their true ethnic identities to be written on ID cards.
Ethnic issues Interview Lead Story News Society
Building consensus on the census
DVB’s Angus Watson speaks to Janet Jackson, Burma Representative of the United Nations Population Fund, and her assistant Hla Hla Aye, about the international agency’s role in the upcoming census, its significance and the potential pitfalls.
