Lead Story News Politics Rohingya
Young Rohingya women and girls are trapped inside refugee camps in Cox’s Bazaar due to fears they’ll be targeted by human traffickers.
Lead Story News Technology & Science Women's Issues
As Internet and mobile phone use surge, more women are experiencing abusive online posting of intimate private photos without their consent.
Human Rights Lead Story News Women's Issues
A newly formed group aims to gather information about rampant sexual harassment in order to get the government to take the problem more seriously.
Representatives of the United Nations Population Fund speak to DVB about efforts to address gender-based violence in Burma.
DVB Debate’s first all-female panel dissect the elements in Burmese law and society which contribute to the problem of sexual violence and gender discrimination.
Human Rights Kachin Lead Story News
“Then they were tortured and abused and forced to have sex. They were mocked for being Christians. The soldiers made one of them spread his arms like he was on a cross while the other had to perform a dance.”
Communal Violence Lead Story Mandalay Division News
A rape case believed to have sparked recent riots in central Burma’s Mandalay was fabricated, according to an investigation carried out by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Burma has a long way to go towards a clean rights record in the coming year, according to the Human Rights Watch 2014 World Report released on Tuesday.
