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.
Tagged: population
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.
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.
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Rangoon police force short on manpower
Rangoon’s police force has just over 5,000 officers, enforcing the law and dealing with the crime in a city of more than seven million people.
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 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 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.
Ethnic issues Lead Story News Politics
Shans plan their own census
Several minority ethnic groups in Shan State say they plan to conduct a population count on their own terms and separate from the government-sanctioned nationwide census scheduled to begin at end of this month.
Lead Story News Politics Rohingya
Rohingya crisis: Burma govt implicated in ‘Crimes against Humanity’
A report by NGO Fortify Rights implicates authorities in Crimes against Humanity by virtue of explicit targeting of Rohingya Muslims in policies restricting marriage, childbirth rights and movement.
Lead Story News Politics Rohingya Society
Burmese census will offer ethnicity of choice
The head of Burma’s Department of Population says that each person in the country shall be given the opportunity to refer to themselves by whatever ethnicity they choose in the upcoming national census, including the Rohingyas/ Bengalis.
