9 Minutes To ReadVictoria (pseudonym) details some of the discrimination the post-coup Myanmar diaspora in Thailand face.
Tags: borderlands, citizenship, labour rights, migrant workers, refugees, revolution, Spring Revolution, statelessness, Thai-Burma border
September 30, 2024
6 Minutes To ReadSayedul Karim shares insights from leading national & international scholars focusing on Myanmar Studies.
Tags: development, ethnic minorities, ethnicity, federalism, IDRC, Institute of Human Rights and Democratic Governance (IHRDG), Karen State, labour rights, People's Defence Force (PDF), policy, Rohingya, Salween, Spring Revolution, Spring University Myanmar (SUM)
June 18, 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
9 Minutes To ReadCharlie Artingstoll looks at the challenges facing migrant workers hoping to send remittances to Myanmar.
Tags: economy, finance, labour rights, migrant labour, migrant workers, remittances
August 2, 2022
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
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
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
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
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
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
8 Minutes To ReadCourtney T. Wittekind reviews Stephen Campbell’s account of migrant labor in Thailand.
Tags: Book Review, capitalism, labour, labour rights, Mae Sot, migrant workers, Thai-Burma border, workers' rights
July 9, 2018
5 Minutes To ReadAndrew Thomson considers the role of internal migrants in promoting financial inclusion in rural areas.
Tags: economy, finance, labour rights, migrant labour, migrants, policy, technology
April 30, 2018