Introduction For a long time I have hesitated to write a book on woman. The subject is irritating, especially to women; and it is not new. Enough ink has been spilled in quarrelling over feminism, and perhaps we should say no more about it. It is still talked about, however, for the voluminous nonsense uttered during the […]
Everywhere I go I proudly tell folks who want to know who I am and what I do that I am a writer, a feminist theorist, a cultural critic. I tell them I write about movies and popular culture, analyzing the message in the medium. Most people find this exciting and want to know more. everyone goes to movies, […]
မိမိတို့လူ့အဖွဲ့အစည်း ဖွံ့ဖြိုးတိုးတက်ရေးအတွက် စစ်အာဏာရှင်စနစ်ကျဆုံးရမည်ဟု ယုံကြည်ဆောင်ရွက်နေကြသူများဖြစ်သည့်အလျောက် စံချိန်စံနှုန်း ပြည့်ဝသော အနာဂါတ် လူ့အဖွဲ့အစည်းအတွက် အဟန့်အတားဖြစ်စေသည့် အရာမှန်သမျှကို ဖော်ထုတ်ဖြေရှင်းနိုင်ရန် ကြိုးပမ်းအားထုတ်သွားကြမည်ဟုလည်း အခိုင်အမာခံယူနေပါသဖြင့် လူ့အဖွဲ့အစည်းကို ပြောင်းလဲတိုးတက်စေချင်သူများအားလုံးအတွက် ဤစာအုပ်ကို ပြုစုထုတ်ဝေလိုက်ခြင်း ဖြစ်ပါသည်။
Reporting sexual violence in Myanmar from 1 February 2021 ၂၀၂၁ ခုနှစ်၊ ဖေဖော်ဝါရီလ (၁) ရက်နေ့မှစ၍ လိင်ပိုင်းဆိုင်ရာကျူးလွန်ခံရခြင်းဖြစ်ရပ်များအား တိုင်ကြားခြင်း နိုင်ရန် လမ်းညွှန် This document contains in English and Burmese. It is for anyone who has experienced sexual violence by armed actors, de facto authorities, members of the police force, military, or other defence services personnel or those associated with them […]
International Day Stop Violence Against Women
More than one year after the election of a pro-democracy government, the Women’s League of Burma (WLB) has found that women and girls continue to experience alarming rates of sexual violence in Burma at the hands of both State actors and private citizens.1 According to police records, sexual abuse of young children are the most common rape cases.2 Perpetrators […]
Women survivors of violence face challenges in their attempts to obtain justice. This has been a key finding in the work of the Women’s League of Burma (WLB) and Asia Justice and Rights (AJAR), as we work on cases of violence against women in Burma’s ethnic communities and engage in strengthening and empowering survivors of violence committed by state actors. Military […]
Twenty Five Years later BWU is still on the frontline in the fight for women’s rights and democracy in Burma. join us in the peace making process.