Observations and Topics to be Included in the List of Issues
On the occasion of Myanmar’s Combined Fourth and Fifth Periodic Reports on the Implementation of…
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PROMISES NOT PROGRESS: Burma’s National Plan for Women Falls Short of Gender Equality and CEDAW
Executive Summary In late 2013, the Government of Burma/Myanmar (“the Government”) issued a National Strategic…
“If they had hope, they would speak”
The ongoing use of state-sponsored sexual violence in Burma’s ethnic communities EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In January 2014,…
SYSTEM OF IMPUNITY
Nationwide Patterns of Sexual Violence by the Military Regime’s Army and Authorities in Burma Executive…
Same Impunity, Same Patterns (Sexual abuses by the Burma Army will not stop until there is a genuine civilian government)
Executive Summary Almost a decade ago, the Women’s League of Burma (WLB) denounced systematic patterns…
Pushed to the Brink (Conflict and human trafficking on the Kachin-China border)
The Burmese government’s renewed war against the Kachin has exponentially increased the risk of human…
The Case for Anti-Violence Against Women Laws
Executive Summary Gender equality recognizes that while women and men are physically different, they are entitled to…
Developing Anti-Violence Against Women Laws
Background In early 2011, the Department of Social Welfare indicated that it wanted to commence the…
Forgotten Workforce (Experiences of women migrants from Burma in Ruili, China)
This report follows on from our earlier reports Cycle of Suffering (2000) and Between Two Hells…
Forgotten Workforce
Report published by the Burmese Women’s Union (2012) – Experiences of women migrants from Burma…