The Arakan Project The Arakan Project is a human rights organisation based in the Asian region which, since 1999, has specialized in monitoring and documenting the situation of the Rohingya Muslims, an ethnic, religious and linguistic minority in Rakhine State of Myanmar. The Arakan Project regularly submits its findings to relevant UN Treaty Bodies and […]
Executive Summary This CEDAW Shadow Report is written by CEDAW Action Myanmar (CAM). This working group is established in 2012 and consists of 15 local organizations. The report consists of perceptions of 309 (with 226 women and 83 men) respondents who participated in a survey; along with news from print and social media. Myanmar has […]
Executive summary In this submission, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG) provides information concerning human rights issues affecting women in southeast Myanmar. The time period covered in this submission is from January 2012 to March 2016, which is a period characterised by dramatic and substantial changes in Myanmar, including the political reform process; the 2012 preliminary […]
In its 2008 Concluding Observations on the Second and Third Periodic Report of Myanmar, the CEDAW Committee expressed concerns regarding multiple forms of discrimination against women in Myanmar in general and Rohingya women in particular. The Government of Myanmar (“the Government”) has not taken significant steps to address these concerns in the eight years since, and instead has exacerbated […]
Executive Summary This report reflects the results of WON’s research and interviews of women from ten of Myanmar’s states, who shared their experiences and struggles to vindicate their rights.1 As a party to CEDAW, Myanmar’s government has an obligation to protect and guarantee the rights of its female citizens in a variety of realms. Of […]
About the Research Programme The Burmese Women’s Union (BWU) led this feminist participatory action research (FPAR) from January 2016 – April 2016 in the industrial zones of Mingalardon, Shwe Pyi Thar, and Hlaing Thar Yar in Yangon. BWU partnered with local labour organizations and women workers from nine garment factories to undertake this research. This research is part […]
Research Report in support of CEDAW Alternative Report (2016) Women’s Organization Network (WON) Myanmar ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1997, and its government submitted its last state report to the CEDAW Committee in 2008. In the past, women’s groups working in Myanmar had little opportunity […]
On the occasion of Myanmar’s Combined Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports on the Implementation of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Executive Summary & Key Recommendations Myanmar is undergoing a major transition, opening space for significant change for the first time in decades. Secure land tenure for smallholder farmers and rural communities is essential in a heavily agrarian nation like Myanmar, where millions in the rural population – nearly 70% of the country – depend on […]