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Women’s Political Participation and Empowerment in Post-Coup Myanmar

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Women’s Political Participation and Empowerment in Post-Coup Myanmar

This side event will explore women’s political participation and empowerment in post-coup Myanmar.

Myanmar Women Parliamentarian Network

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October 1, 2023

Myanmar Women Parliamentarian Network

Following the military coup in February 2021, elected representatives at the national, state and region level stood in solidarity and joined with millions of Myanmar citiz

Inclusion and gender equality in post-coup Myanmar

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July 21, 2022

Inclusion and gender equality in post-coup Myanmar

This brief explores inclusion strategies for constitutional and democratic reform in the post-coup context of Myanmar.

Substantive equality and women’s representation in public institutions

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July 11, 2022

Substantive equality and women’s representation in public institutions

This brief explores how constitutional advocates for women’s equality in Myanmar can advance women’s representation and meaningful participation in public decision-making and institutions.

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Myanmar’s first post-coup People’s Assembly decides on 30 per cent women’s quota

Submitted by Editor on Mon, 03/07/2022 - 09:01

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Myanmar’s first post-coup People’s Assembly decides on 30 per cent women’s quota

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Women make up over half of Myanmar’s population, yet significant obstacles remain for women to be able to participate in political processes and to achieve equal representation in Myanmar’s state institutions. Before the military coup on 1 February 2021, Myanmar’s 2020 general elections saw an increased number of women elected as members in legislatures (16 per cent) in comparison to the 2015 elections (13 per cent).

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Myanmar women take the lead in resisting the military

Submitted by Editor on Wed, 02/02/2022 - 06:27

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Myanmar women take the lead in resisting the military

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The issue of gender equality in Myanmar is in the spotlight again. Women are on the frontlines of the anti-coup protests taking place since the junta ousted the civilian government a year ago.

Since the Myanmar military brutally put down the mass protests that began following the February 1 coup last year, flash mobs have repeatedly gathered in major cities such as Yangon and Mandalay to protest against the military junta.

The issue of gender equality in Myanmar is in the spotlight again. Women are on the frontlines of the anti-coup protests taking place since the junta ousted the civilian government a year ago.

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The women of Myanmar: ‘Our place is in the revolution’

Submitted by Editor on Thu, 04/29/2021 - 08:14

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The women of Myanmar: ‘Our place is in the revolution’

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Some 60 percent of protesters against the military coup are women who fear their hard-won rights hang in the balance.

Every day at sunrise, Daisy* and her sisters set out to spend several hours in the heat cleaning debris from the previous day’s protests off the streets of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city.

Some 60 percent of protesters against the military coup are women who fear their hard-won rights hang in the balance.

Every day at sunrise, Daisy* and her sisters set out to spend several hours in the heat cleaning debris from the previous day’s protests off the streets of Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city.