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Abandoned Babies Indicate Single Mother, Sex Education Problems
Shocked bystanders gather around an abandoned newborn found in Mingalar Taung Nyunt, and a lactating mother immediately breast-feeds the baby, on May 12. (Photo: Thidar Han) RANGOON — During a power...
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Women Fear Ban on Working as Foreign Maids Puts Them at Risk
A woman sells newspapers in Rangoon, November 9, 2015. (Photo: Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters) FALAM, Chin State — Van Biak had only been away from her family in Leilet in northwest Burma for two weeks, but...
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Burma’s Gender Issues to Take Center Stage in Geneva
A young ethnic Kachin mother photographed with her child at an IDP camp in Bhamo on December, 2015. (Photo: Tin Htet Paing / The Irrawaddy) RANGOON — Burma’s new government will present a report on the...
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Burmese Jade Mining Film Scoops Awards at Rangoon Festival
Gender Equality Award presented at the Human Rights Human Dignity International Film Festival in Rangoon. (Photo: Susanna Soe / Facebook) RANGOON — A documentary about the deadly jade mining industry...
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Women Discuss Peace Process Priorities
Panelists at the Myanmar Women’s Peace Conference held in Naypyidaw this week. (Photo: AGIPP / Facebook) A conference on women’s peace process priorities was held in Naypyidaw this week to generate...
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Isolated and Lacking Labor Rights, Housemaids Toil in Silence
This photo of an eight-year-old housemaid in Rangoon’s Bahan Township being tortured by her employers went viral on Facebook in 2015. RANGOON — Khin Htar Kyu was in her late teens when she left her...
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Formal and Informal Justice Systems Fail Women: Report
Panelists at the United Nation’s “Women’s Access to Justice in Plural Legal Systems in Myanmar” report launch in Naypyidaw last week. (Photo: Cheery Zahau / Facebook) Women in Burma still lack access...
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Forum Calls for Stronger Support of Women in Media, Peace Process
Civil society activists and media practitioners sit on a panel at the Women, Peace and Media Forum on July 6 in Rangoon. From left: Nay Tun Naing, Thu Zar Tin, Nang Shan, Htike Htike Aung, and...
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Women’s Rights Groups Demand Changes to Constitution
Women’s rights advocates at a press briefing on their experience of attending the UN’s 64th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in Geneva, Switzerland....
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Women Continue to Suffer Due to Land Grabs and Militarization
The Karen Human Rights Group present their new report, “Hidden Strengths, Hidden Struggles,” in Rangoon on Wednesday. (Photo: Nyein Nyein / The Irrawaddy) RANGOON — Land confiscation and rights abuses...
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For Sumlut Roi Ja’s Husband, Trauma Continues Five Years After Her Disappearance
Dau Lum, husband of Roi Ja, pictured on July 28, 2016. (Photo: Hein Htet / The Irrawaddy) Since his wife disappeared in Oct. 2011, Dau Lum has struggled with chronic illness and depression. Sumlut Roi...
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Dateline Irrawaddy: ‘We Wanted to Challenge the Things that Other Women...
Ye Ni: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy! This week, we’ll discuss the role of women reporters and the challenges facing them in Burma’s new media landscape brought about by the democratization process....
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‘Countries Evolve in Stages’: Norway’s Outgoing Ambassador to Burma
Norway’s outgoing ambassador to Burma, Ms. Ann Ollestad, at the Norwegian Embassy in Rangoon, on her last day in August 2016. (Photo: Pyay Kyaw / The Irrawaddy) A longtime backer of Burma’s...
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Opinion: Dreams for our Daughters and Sons
Girls attend class at the Kankone village school in Sagaing Division in 2012. (Photo: Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters) Since I was a little kid, I have been known for asking too many questions that usually...
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UN Secretary General Receives Mixed Messages in Stakeholder Meetings
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon meets with interfaith leaders on Wednesday in Naypyidaw. (Photo: United Nations Information Center) NAYPYIDAW — United Nations General Secretary Ban Ki-moon...
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The Changing Nature of the Burma-China Sex Trade
Kyalgaung at Burma-China Border. (Photo: Thit Nay Moe / The Irrawaddy) MUSE, Shan State — Life was hard for Ma Nyo Nyo (not her real name). After the death of her husband, she struggled to take care of...
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Dateline Irrawaddy: ‘The Conference is the Initial Step Toward Peace but...
The Union Peace Conference or 21st Century Panglong Conference took place in Naypyidaw from August 31 to September 3. On the second day of the conference, Irrawaddy English editor Kyaw Zwa Moe...
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Ethnic Civil Society Groups Want US Sanctions on Burma’s Military to Continue
Ethnic Kachin residents of a camp for internally displaced people near the Kachin State capital Myitkyina in July 2015. (Photo: Soe Zeya Tun / Reuters) RANGOON — Ethnic civil society groups have urged...
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Report Highlights Hardship and Family Planning Needs
The launch of the Thematic Report on Fertility and Nuptiality on Tuesday in Naypyidaw. (Photo: Htet Naing Zaw / The Irrawaddy) Married women in Burma give birth to five children on average and detailed...
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Dateline Irrawaddy: ‘Abuse of Human Dignity Should Not Be Accepted’
Dateline Irrawaddy: ‘Abuse of Human Dignity Should Not Be Accepted’ Ye Ni: Welcome to Dateline Irrawaddy. This week, we’ll discuss slavery and the torture of two underage domestic workers by Ava...
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