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    Tagged: Census

    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.

    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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    Census Lead Story News

    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.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    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.

    Census Lead Story News

    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.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    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 video

    Lead Story News

    Population shortfall forces rethink

    This year’s census showed a population almost 10 million short of the estimated figure.

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    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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    Bullet Points: 6 August 2014

    Watch today’s top stories with Helen Regan.

    UNHCR raises concerns over Burmese refugee repatriation video

    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.

    Census goes ahead at Thai refugee camps video

    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.

    Burmese refugees banned from leaving camps in Thailand video

    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.

    Census Development Lead Story

    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.

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    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.

    Analysis Lead Story News

    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: Will the census bring consensus? video

    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.

    Mon seek equal footing on census video

    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.

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