Injecting the Federal Principle into Myanmar’s Constitutional Amendment Procedure
8 Minutes To ReadJesse Hartery considers the possibilities for a change in Myanmar’s constitutional amendment procedure.
#MeToo in Myanmar: How a Twitter Hashtag Amplifies Women’s Agency in a Formerly Isolated Country where Gender Inequality Reigns Supreme
5 Minutes To ReadActivists May Sabe Phyu and researchers Aye Thiri Kyaw and Stephanie Miedema discuss the #MeToo movement in Myanmar.
Enslaved fishery workers near Pyapon City
13 Minutes To ReadKhin Myat Myat Wai reports on offshore raft fishing in Myanmar, as translated by Stephen Campbell.
Engaging the UWSA: Countering Myths, Building Ties
9 Minutes To ReadAndrew Ong makes the case for the international community to reach out to the UWSA and build trust.
Has “Time to Change” been well reflected in Myanmar’s sub-national parliaments?
9 Minutes To ReadNyein Thiri Swe and Zaw Min Oo from the Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation (EMReF) assess the performance of the sub-national parliaments and change in their structural constraints since the transition.
The Promises of Planning Under the NLD
6 Minutes To ReadDiana Huynh considers Myanmar’s trajectory towards national spatial planning and urbanisation under the NLD in the last year.
‘Peace and education cannot be separated’
3 Minutes To ReadRadka Antalikova discusses the newly launched Graduate Research Diploma on peacebuilding and research at the Thabyay Education Foundation.
Why Economic Sanctions won’t help the Rohingya
7 Minutes To ReadAndrew Thomson argues that the imposition of economic sanctions on Myanmar will not help resolve the Rohingya crisis.
Fostering constitutional conversation in Myanmar
4 Minutes To ReadMyat Myat Mon discusses the importance of constitutional conversation and how it can foster more informed public debate in Myanmar.
What role has social media played in facilitating the spread of hardline nationalist sentiment in Myanmar?
12 Minutes To ReadFrancois-Guillaume Jaeck attempts to identify why, and how, Myanmar’s ultranationalism provided such fertile ground for the harmful side of social media to take root.