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    Tagged: violence against women

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    Lifting the lid on child rape

    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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    Domestic violence: Customary law discourages divorce

    “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 gender-equality progress reviewed in Naypyidaw

    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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    Burma’s broken system silent on violence against women

    Recent revelations about severe abuses inflicted on two young housemaids have highlighted the need for better protection of the rights of girls and women.

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    Interview: ‘Women are dominated by this conservative culture’

    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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    Women meet to show support for acid-attack victim

    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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    Burma’s laws and traditions failing abused women

    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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    Women face new challenges as conflict cools, report finds

    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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    Govt ‘welcoming’, but women’s groups question political will

    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.

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    Interview: ‘Things have gone backwards, definitely’

    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.

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    Watch what you wear, authorities tell women ahead of Thingyan

    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[…]

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    Thingyan violence lays bare 969 hypocrisy

    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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    After 20 years, BWU still committed to women’s struggle

    Burmese Women’s Union restate determination to support women as they mark 20 years of positive action.

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    NGOs call for govt probe on Roi Ja disappearance

    More than 120 civic organisations have petitioned the Burmese government to probe into the alleged abduction and disappearance of Sumlut Roi Ja in 2011.

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