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A Burmese woman with a child . Women living in Myanmar continue to face barriers to equality. After forty years of isolation, myths about the state of women's rights in Myanmar (Burma) were centered around the conception that Burmese women face less gender discrimination and have more rights than women in surrounding Southeast Asian nations.
Historically, women in Myanmar (also known as Burma) have had a unique social status and esteemed women in Burmese society. According to the research done by Mya Sein , Burmese women "for centuries – even before recorded history " owned a "high measure of independence" and had retained their "legal and economic rights" despite the influences ...
The Myanmar Women's Affairs Federation has the following objectives: To enhance the role of women in the reconstruction of a peaceful, modern and developed nation. To protect the rights of women. To ensure better economy, health, education and general welfare of women and to take measures for their life security.
Wa Women's Association is a human rights organisation based in Wa State, Myanmar. [1] The organisation supports women's rights and promote charitable and Wa cultural programmes , for example through dance and promotion of the Wa script .
The Women's League of Burma (Burmese: အမျိုးသမီးများအဖွဲ့ချုပ် (မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ), romanized: aamyoesameemyarraahpwalhkyaote (myanmarninengan)) is a community-based organisation working on the rights of women from Burma, with a focus on systematic sexual violence in ethnic areas, and women's involvement in political ...
The United Nations says it is “deeply concerned” by reports that civilians, including women and children, were killed and injured in a bombing at a camp for internally displaced people in Myanmar.
Between February 2021 and August 2024, 172 Myanmar journalists were detained, 28 of them women. Hundreds of my colleagues fled across the border to Thailand to escape the military’s dragnet.
Naw K'nyaw Paw is a Karen peace activist who works for women's rights in Myanmar. [1] She is the General secretary of the Karen Women’s Organisation, and won an International Women of Courage Award in 2019. [2] [3] [4]