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Public reaction was fast and sharp to a suggestion from the Ministry of Home Affairs that parents urge their daughters to dress modestly to discourage rapists.
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‘Women in News’ summit also calls attention to lack of safeguards against harassment of female reporters in the field and in the newsroom
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Minister U Thein Swe said the policy will take into consideration the country’s optimum population size based on its natural resources, economy, geography, culture and military n
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Women’s rights advocates say the case draws attention to the need to make the city’s streets safer for women.
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Report says increased participation of women in politics could further cement peace agreements and bolster post-conflict rehabilitation.
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Cheery Zahau, a winner of the UN’s N-Peace Awards for 2017, says gender equality is not only good for women, but for the whole country.
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‘Women are the center of the family…the ones holding communities together, and they are the ones who know how to reconstruct the social fabric of the society,’ said Katherine
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After fighting media-fueled discrimination at school, now Hnin Pa Pa Soe is taking on the censors.
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Activists welcome State Counselor’s speech at Asean summit in Manila, but say actions must back up the words as patriarchal views persist.
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The Irrawaddy interviews the agency’s founder about Myanmar’s digital landscape, digital rights and feminism.
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Draft bill will be submitted in the current parliamentary session.
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The country’s framework for the peace process promises to ‘make efforts to achieve 30 percent female participation in all political dialogues.’
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Commemorating the International Day of Peace, women called for a halt to all military offensives in Myanmar.
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More than 400 women gather in Hpa-an for three days of discussion on peace and security for women, and to commemorate the International Day of Peace.
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Stories from groups like the Daingnet have remained largely unknown to the outside world.
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