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    Lifting the lid on child rape
    December 15, 2016in Crime, Lead Story, News, Society, Women's Issues45by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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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
    December 5, 2016in Feature, Lead Story, News, Women's Issues445by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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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
    October 7, 2016in Lead Story, News, Women's Issues224by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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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
    September 27, 2016in Feature, Lead Story, News, Women's Issues107by LIBBY HOGAN / DVB
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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'
    August 24, 2016in Interview, Lead Story, News, Women's Issues357by EI CHERRY AUNG / MYANMAR NOW
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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
    August 19, 2016in Lead Story, News, Women's Issues142by AYE LAE / DVB
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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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