12 Minutes To ReadMyat describes how the Spring Revolution transformed patriarchal norms into a powerful resistance tool.
Tags: gender, protest, resistance, women
February 23, 2026
8 Minutes To ReadSteven (pseudonym) examines the future implications of addressing gender inequalities in Myanmar.
Tags: constitutional politics, constitutional reform, democracy, elections, electoral politics, equality, gender, gender inequality, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (CRPH)
December 18, 2024
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
6 Minutes To ReadJoshua Bowes and Md. Salman Rahman argue that violence seems to be inescapable for women Rohingya refugees. Credit: AK Rockefeller The Rohingya refugee crisis is one of the most volatile […]
Tags: buddhism, Cox’s Bazar, ethnic minorities, gender, gender inequality, gender violence, human trafficking, Islam, Rakhine State, refugees, Rohingya, sexual violence, Tatmadaw, United Nations (UN)
July 2, 2024
6 Minutes To ReadShalini Perumal explores Myanmar women artists’ roles in times of political upheaval.
Tags: art, artists, democracy, gender, photography, revolution, women
February 12, 2024
7 Minutes To ReadStephen Campbell translates Ludu Daw Ahmar’s feminist critique of the gendered division of labour.
Tags: feminism, gender, translation
August 11, 2021
8 Minutes To Read Aye Thiri Kyaw and Minn Tent Bo argue for breaking the cycle of intimate partner violence in Myanmar.
Tags: feminism, gender, gender violence, inequality, masculinity, violence, women
February 2, 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
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
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
7 Minutes To ReadYadanar Oo, Naw Tah Mu Lar and Maggi Quadrini write about how a football tournament along the Thai-Burma border challenged gender stereotypes faced by young women and girls on the pitch.
Tags: borders, gender, Mae Sot, PlayOnside, Thai-Burma border, women's rights
April 8, 2020
6 Minutes To ReadKhin Mar Mar Kyi reviews Ward Keeler’s book on gender and Burmese Buddhist practices in Myanmar.
Tags: Book Review, buddhism, gender, masculinity
November 27, 2019
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
4 Minutes To ReadJenny Hedström writes on the importance of a new open-source bibliography for Burma Studies, now hosted on Tea Circle.
Tags: burma studies, gender, knowledge, women
September 9, 2019
4 Minutes To ReadMaggi Quadrini and Mie Mie share their experiences at a peace conference hosted by the Karenni National Women’s Organization.
Tags: equality, gender, karenni, Kayah, peace, shan, women's rights
June 27, 2019
11 Minutes To ReadMael Raynaud reviews a new resource for scholarship on Myanmar.
Tags: agriculture, Book Review, environment, ethnic languages, farmers, gender, governance, hate speech, political economy, technology
March 7, 2019
3 Minutes To ReadNang Kham Awn and Maggi Quadrini reflect on almost two decades of tireless activism and advocacy.
Tags: activism, gender, peace, peace process, women's rights
January 29, 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
5 Minutes To ReadMaggi Quadrini argues that engagement practices between donors and grassroots women’s organizations in Myanmar need to change.
Tags: development, donors, gender, women's rights
December 13, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadReshmi Banerjee reviews Jennifer Rigby’s telling of twelve remarkable Myanmar women and their life histories.
Tags: art, Book Review, freedom of expression, gender, women
November 28, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadActivists May Sabe Phyu and researchers Aye Thiri Kyaw and Stephanie Miedema discuss the #MeToo movement in Myanmar.
Tags: activism, gender, gender inequality, sexual violence, women's rights
August 29, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadKhin Chan Myae Maung argues that transgender people in Myanmar are treated as less than human, in law and society.
Tags: citizenship, equality, gender, human rights
May 31, 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
7 Minutes To ReadOriginally posted in August 2016, Htet Moe Nwe Win’s reflection on growing up in Myanmar’s gendered society remains one of our most popular posts, and still very relevant today.
Tags: culture, equality, gender, privilege
January 23, 2018
8 Minutes To ReadShagun Gupta looks at gender equality in relation to age.
Tags: equality, gender, labour, women
August 28, 2017
5 Minutes To ReadAye Thiri Kyaw asks why sexual violence is so prevalent in Myanmar.
Tags: equality, gender, news, violence, women
August 16, 2017
4 Minutes To ReadShine Zaw-Aung reviews statistics on gender inequality.
Tags: equality, gender, government, rights, women
August 14, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadMay Thu Khine adds to the discussion on gender equality in Myanmar.
Tags: equality, gender, rights, women
August 11, 2017
8 Minutes To ReadBrandon Aung Moe challenges the notion of the disempowered Burmese woman.
Tags: culture, gender, rights, women, women's rights
August 9, 2017
11 Minutes To ReadPhacharaphorn Phanomvan reflects on the role of female Buddhist practitioners in Buddhist societies.
Tags: buddhism, gender, religion, Thailand, women
February 10, 2017
12 Minutes To ReadEi Thindar Myint reflects on gender politics in Myanmar.
September 8, 2016
7 Minutes To ReadHtet Moe Nwe Win reflects on growing up in Myanmar’s gendered society.
August 10, 2016
4 Minutes To ReadMyanmar today stands at the crossroads; where conflict and change are becoming daily occurrences. The book by Nilanjana Sengupta comes at an appropriate time where she sensitively takes up the […]
Tags: Book Review, gender, women
April 20, 2016
3 Minutes To ReadHtet examines challenges facing women in Myanmar politics.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, gender, National League for Democracy (NLD), women
April 9, 2016
3 Minutes To ReadKevin W. Fogg looks at the new constitutional arrangements in Myanmar.
Tags: Aung San Suu Kyi, constitution, gender, independence, Indonesia
April 8, 2016
3 Minutes To ReadMatthew Walton speaks about his conversation with a taxi sayama in Yangon.
Tags: gender, livelihoods, women, Yangon
January 21, 2016