{"id":3443,"date":"2014-11-07T12:07:26","date_gmt":"2014-11-07T05:37:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/?p=3443"},"modified":"2023-11-06T12:00:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T05:30:31","slug":"if-they-had-hope-they-would-speak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/?p=3443","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;If they had hope, they would speak&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The ongoing use of state-sponsored\u00a0sexual violence in Burma&#8217;s ethnic communities<\/p>\n<p>EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<\/p>\n<p>In January 2014, the Women\u2019s League of Burma (WLB) published a report which\u00a0demonstrated the systematic use of rape by the Burma Army as a strategy to subjugate\u00a0communities across the country. We documented over a hundred cases of sexual\u00a0violence in the years since President Thein Sein took office \u2013 a number which we believe\u00a0grossly underestimates the true scale of the problem. Drawing on evidence gathered by\u00a0our member organisations across Burma, we argued that there are clear links between\u00a0militarisation, investment and human rights abuses. We also proposed a number of\u00a0steps to uproot the culture of impunity which surrounds sexual violence, and prevents\u00a0survivors from obtaining justice. Whilst recent months have seen positive action taken\u00a0in several areas, the pillars which provide impunity for perpetrators of human rights\u00a0abuses remain in place. In January, we called for constitutional reform to place the\u00a0military under civilian control; the establishment of effective judicial and non-judicial \u00a0mechanisms to investigate human rights abuses, particularly those relating to sexual\u00a0violence, and; greater participation of women in the peace process dialogue.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3448\" src=\"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rep_cov_e2-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rep_cov_e2-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rep_cov_e2-728x1030.jpg 728w, https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rep_cov_e2-499x705.jpg 499w, https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/rep_cov_e2.jpg 761w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Iftheyhadhope_mm.pdf\" class=\"sc-button sc-button-default\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Download Burmese<\/span><\/a>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/Iftheyhadhope_eng.pdf\" class=\"sc-button sc-button-default\" target=\"_blank\"><span>Download English<\/span><\/a>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The ongoing use of state-sponsored\u00a0sexual violence in Burma&#8217;s ethnic communities EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In January 2014, the Women\u2019s League of Burma (WLB) published a report which\u00a0demonstrated the systematic use of rape by the Burma Army as a strategy to subjugate\u00a0communities across the country. We documented over a hundred cases of sexual\u00a0violence in the years since President<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/?p=3443\" title=\"Read More\">Read More<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3447,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-3443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-other-reports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3443"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3443\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4595,"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3443\/revisions\/4595"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/3447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/burmesewomensunion.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}