9 Minutes To ReadInspired by the ongoing series, ‘Chronicle of a coup’, Damien Riley (pseudonym) writes about his experiences at an NGO.
Tags: civil society, human rights
February 17, 2022
10 Minutes To ReadMyo Min explores the long-term effects of Myanmar’s 2008 Cyclone Nargis.
Tags: citizenship, civil society, cyclone nargis, employment, environment, labour rights, migrants, natural disaster, Yangon
March 30, 2020
10 Minutes To ReadAshley S. Kinseth probes the relationship between social media and conflict and its evolution over the past year.
Tags: civil society, conflict, Facebook, government, hate speech, Rakhine State, Rohingya, social media, Tatmadaw, Year in Review
May 10, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud pays tribute to a bold, bridge-building Karen leader.
Tags: civil society, Kachin, Karen, Karen National Union (KNU), Mae Sot, Panglong, saffron revolution, Thai-Burma border
February 14, 2018
9 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud looks at the factors that both impede and enable Myanmar’s politics.
Tags: civil society, governance, military, National League for Democracy (NLD), youth
June 29, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadEMReF researchers consider the role of Myanmar’s local parliaments.
Tags: civil society, democracy, federalism, law, research
May 17, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadYan Naung Oak explains the current and future uses of open data in Myanmar.
Tags: civil society, development, elections, technology
May 15, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee reviews Maaike Matelski’s new PhD dissertation “Constructing Civil Society in Myanmar.”
Tags: Book Review, civil society, development
December 14, 2016