12 Minutes To ReadMyat describes how the Spring Revolution transformed patriarchal norms into a powerful resistance tool. Introduction The military is a socio-political institution where patriarchal values are highly rewarded and honored. […]
Tags: gender, protest, resistance, women
February 23, 2026
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
13 Minutes To ReadAye Lei Tun reveals the institutionalization of patriarchal practices through the NRC application process.
Tags: citizenship, ethnic minorities, feminism, tainyinthar, women
September 12, 2022
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
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
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
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 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 ReadAye Thiri Kyaw urges for a comprehensive health sector response to violence against women.
Tags: gender, policy, public health, violence, women
February 5, 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 ReadMatthew Walton speaks about his conversation with a taxi sayama in Yangon.
Tags: gender, livelihoods, women, Yangon
January 21, 2016