10 Minutes To ReadHpan Ja Brang spoke with four people living in camps near Laiza. Edited by Emily Fishbein.
Tags: COVID-19, IDP, Kachin, military coup, youth
December 28, 2023
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
9 Minutes To ReadPhoenix (pseudonym) reflects on the economic, political, and cultural atmosphere in Rangoon after the February 2021 coup through the eyes of a normal youth.
Tags: COVID-19, migration, military, military coup, Yangon
March 28, 2023
22 Minutes To ReadCorporate Accountability Myanmar (CAM) inquires how global brands respond to labour rights abuses in post-coup Myanmar.
Tags: COVID-19, foreign investment, garment factories, human rights, investment, labour rights, migrant workers, social welfare, trade unions, workers' rights
July 18, 2022
7 Minutes To ReadKSN (pseudonym) writes about a moment in which they find themselves. This post was originally published on January 12, 2022. Read the Burmese version here. I have not been back home even […]
Tags: COVID-19, myanmar coup
June 8, 2022
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
3 Minutes To ReadIn Part 1 of a 2-part series by Real Stories Not Tales (RSNT), Mai Lay speaks about his experience in Kachin state.
Tags: COVID-19, ethnic minorities, Kachin, Real Stories Not Tales (RSNT)
January 19, 2022
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
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
13 Minutes To ReadMon Paing Ga Ghu, Hein Paing Htoo Chit, Karl Flecker and Yee Mon Hsu report on the economic impacts of COVID-19 in Mon State.
Tags: agriculture, COVID-19, economy, Mon State, tourism
July 14, 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
18 Minutes To ReadMyat Thet Thitsar and Markus Kostner argue that heeding lessons from Cyclone Nargis can help Myanmar to overcome the impact of the pandemic response.
Tags: COVID-19, cyclone nargis, development, economy, microfinance, migration, remittances
July 6, 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