Crime Lead Story News Society Women's Issues
The story of a three-year-old in Sagaing Division sheds light on a long-hushed issue in Burma: child rape, reports of which have risen 40 percent this year.
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“When I saw my children’s faces it was very difficult. I decided that getting beaten up every night is just one thing [compared to leaving my children].”
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Burma’s progress in achieving gender equality was under the spotlight in Naypyidaw on Friday during a review of the country’s National Strategic Plan for the Advancement of Women.
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Recent revelations about severe abuses inflicted on two young housemaids have highlighted the need for better protection of the rights of girls and women.
Interview Lead Story News Women's Issues
Naw Aye Aye Hlaing of the Rangoon-based NGO Women Can Do It Myanmar discusses the need for changes in women’s roles in Burmese society.
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Supporters of a woman who suffered a horrific acid attack in Mon State three months ago gathered in Rangoon today to call for justice and an end to gender-based violence.
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Women who are victims of abusive husbands face cultural and legal barriers if they want to file for a divorce or lodge a criminal complaint.
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After decades of conflict, women in former war zones along Burma’s borders continue to struggle with unequal treatment, a new report finds.
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Women’s rights groups say Burma’s new government needs to push harder if it wants to achieve real progress on eliminating violence and discrimination against women.
Interview Lead Story News Rohingya Women's Issues
DVB speaks to Chris Lewa of the Arakan Project about the situation of Rohingya women, as Burma’s compliance with a convention on the treatment of women comes under review.
Burmese authorities are warning women not to wear “skimpy clothing” if they plan to take part in this year’s Thingyan water festival to celebrate the traditional Buddhist New Year. In[…]
The failure of nationalist hardliners to react to routine cases of violence against women suggests that it is ownership of Buddhist women and girls – rather than their protection – that motivates them.
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Burmese Women’s Union restate determination to support women as they mark 20 years of positive action.
Human Rights Kachin Lead Story News
More than 120 civic organisations have petitioned the Burmese government to probe into the alleged abduction and disappearance of Sumlut Roi Ja in 2011.
Opposition icon tells fellow Nobel laureates that rape is used by Burmese troops to intimidate ethnic minorities and ‘divide the country’
