9 Minutes To ReadHtet Hlaing Win contends that effective environmental campaigns in Myanmar are not possible until a dramatic change in political arrangement occurs.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, borderlands, China, climate change, democracy, environment, ethnic armed groups (EAOs), fossil fuels, military coup, military junta, Min Aung Hlaing, National League of Democracy (NLD), National Unity Government (NUG), Ne Win, State Administration Council (SAC), sustainability, Three Brotherhood Alliance, U Nu, urban planning, Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC)
January 2, 2025
6 Minutes To ReadMd. Salman Rahman and Fatema Tuz Zohra Nowreen argue that religious misinterpretation traps Rohingya women in suffering.
Tags: Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA), gender, human rights, Islam, Muslim, polygamy, refugees, Rohingya, United Nations (UN), violence
August 28, 2024
8 Minutes To ReadHnin Htet Htet Aung studies the surge in support for refugees by overseas Myanmar youth.
Tags: ASEAN, diaspora, humanitarian aid, IDP, International Non-Government Organizations (INGOs), Japan, Malaysia, Min Aung Hlaing, National League for Democracy (NLD), National Unity Government (NUG), refugees, Singapore, Tanintharyi, Thailand
June 10, 2024
11 Minutes To ReadCharlie Artingstoll, Maha See, and Eolene Boyd-MacMillan explore a range of mental health challenges for Myanmar and identify where action is needed to increase mental health and psychosocial support.
Tags: civil war, democracy, mental health, military coup, National Unity Government (NUG), Psychological First Aid (PFA), psychology, therapy
March 20, 2024
18 Minutes To ReadHaymarn Soe Nyunt and Pai Cheimt Khaung delve into the unseen hardships of Myanmar’s garment workers with a focus on Kingsrich Garment Factory.
Tags: COVID-19, labour, labour rights, National League for Democracy (NLD), workers' rights, Yangon
November 22, 2023
6 Minutes To ReadSofie Mortensen and Saw Aung Htun Lin reflect on the gendered impacts of COVID-19 on Myanmar women in Phop Phra, Thailand.
Tags: COVID-19, finance, gender inequality, mental health, migration
June 6, 2022
10 Minutes To ReadNgwe Min Tar Yar shares his knowledge of intercommunal support in Myanmar for people grappling with COVID-19 and the coup.
March 30, 2022
8 Minutes To ReadCharlie Artingstoll examines the multifaceted challenges to mental health services in Myanmar. (With additional research by Hsu Myat Yadanar Kyaw Soe).
Tags: law, mental health, military coup
June 28, 2021
8 Minutes To ReadLili Kyawt (pseudonym) reflects on experiences of trauma shared by different generations.
Tags: military coup, myanmar, protest, Spring Revolution
May 17, 2021
11 Minutes To ReadKhine Yin Htun explores how social distancing highlights Yangon’s current inadequate housing conditions.
Tags: COVID-19, development, housing, urban planning, urbanisation, Yangon
January 13, 2021
11 Minutes To ReadSeik Nyan and Ye Yint Khant Maung explore the difficulties of women workers and discuss how political parties should address it.
Tags: election, employment, feminism, garment factories, gender, gender violence, human rights, labour rights, law, workers' rights
October 15, 2020
7 Minutes To ReadPan Nu Zaw discusses the elusiveness of youth climate change activism and proposes steps to start a movement.
Tags: climate change, COVID-19, environment, youth, youth activism
September 8, 2020
6 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee ponders Indo-Myanmar relations during the COVID-19 crisis.
Tags: ASEAN, borders, conflict, COVID-19, diplomacy, geopolitics, India, Sagaing
August 4, 2020
5 Minutes To ReadThang Deih Tuang and Jeff Williamson highlight ongoing food insecurity in Chin state and a chance for reform during COVID-19.
Tags: Chin State, COVID-19, food security, forests, Tatmadaw
July 20, 2020
8 Minutes To ReadAung Lin Oo and Tomas Max Martin show how the pandemic reveals perennial problems of prison governance but also strengthens rationales for reform.
Tags: COVID-19, law, prison, prison reform, public health, rule of law
July 16, 2020
6 Minutes To ReadYe Yint Khant Maung discusses the hardships unionists face during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Tags: COVID-19, labour, labour rights, trade unions, workers' rights
July 9, 2020
11 Minutes To ReadJae Park and Alexandre Pelletier call attention to gender in thinking about conflict in Myanmar. Despite the signing of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement in 2015, Myanmar is still at war with itself as fighting […]
Tags: conflict, decentralization, democratization, ethnic conflict, gender, Kachin, labour rights, peace process, Rakhine, shan, violence
July 8, 2020
14 Minutes To ReadAl Lim discusses issues affecting Myanmar’s COVID-19 stimulus package and ways to improve it.
Tags: ASEAN, COVID-19, economy, finance, public health
June 25, 2020
8 Minutes To ReadKassandra Neranjan and Sakshi Shetty consider the specific vulnerabilities women face in Myanmar in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic.
Tags: COVID-19, garment factories, gender, IDP, labour rights, pandemic, women, workers' rights
June 15, 2020
11 Minutes To ReadSai Latt highlights the need to investigate racial thinking for political and social change in Myanmar.
Tags: ceasefire, COVID-19, discrimination, racism
June 1, 2020
5 Minutes To ReadAung Hein and Paul Minoletti’s recent report on the ongoing COVID-19 crisis highlights some policy recommendations for the Government of Myanmar.
Tags: COVID-19, pandemic, policy
April 10, 2020
11 Minutes To ReadNicole Tu-Maung and Matthew Venker trace state narratives about COVID-19 in Myanmar at a critical point in the onset of the pandemic.
Tags: COVID-19, pandemic, public health
April 9, 2020
7 Minutes To ReadSalai Van Bawi Mang summarizes the challenges for adequate waste management in Chin State.
Tags: Chin State, environment, governance, Hakha, public health, sustainability, waste management
March 19, 2020
10 Minutes To ReadNilar Khaing explores some problems facing women’s access to healthcare and reproductive services in rural Tanintharyi.
Tags: gender, IDP, National Health Plan, sex education, Tanintharyi, တနင်္သာရီတိုင်
November 25, 2019
13 Minutes To ReadVan Cung Lian presents new perspectives on water issues and the future of water supply in Hakha.
Tags: Chin State, environment, governance, groundwater, Hakha, water supply
October 28, 2019
12 Minutes To ReadYe Yint Khant Maung discusses trade unionism and labour disputes in Myanmar.
Tags: labour rights, law, trade unions, workers' rights
October 14, 2019
5 Minutes To ReadJaneen Sawatzkyreflects on the state of women’s and girls’ rights in Myanmar. Image courtesy of Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) Another year has drawn to a close and the […]
Tags: community-based organization (CBO), gender, human rights, sexual violence, women, women's rights
January 14, 2019
7 Minutes To ReadElliot Brennan writes about the modest improvements to key public health measures and policy in Myanmar.
Tags: environment, mental health, policy, public health, Year in Review
May 21, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadAye Thiri Kyaw urges for a comprehensive health sector response to violence against women.
Tags: gender, policy, public health, violence, women
February 5, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadAye Thiri Kyaw asks why sexual violence is so prevalent in Myanmar.
Tags: equality, gender, news, violence, women
August 16, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadJustine Chambers reviews the third of four panels from a recent Oxford workshop on the Karen.
Tags: diaspora, ethnic minorities, Karen, migration
July 20, 2017
7 Minutes To ReadKyungmee Kim evaluates existing narratives of regulation and development of Myanmar’s waterways.
Tags: conservation, energy, environment, Myitsone
February 20, 2017