As war continues in Burma’s border areas, calls grow to end attacks on women.
Tag: Women’s League of Burma
Sexual violence by Burmese army still widespread, says NGO
Burmese government soldiers continue to perpetrate sexual violence against women on a widespread scale with impunity, according to a Women’s League of Burma report.
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Pressure needed to improve human rights: HRW
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.
NLD, other parties arrive in Chiang Mai to meet ethnic armed groups
Representatives of Burma’s main political parties, though not the USDP, sit for talks with officials of ethnic armed groups at a historic meeting in Chiang Mai, Thailand, where they are…
Women’s groups call for new constitution
A landmark women’s forum has concluded in Rangoon, with a call for the 2008 constitution to be completely rewritten.