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Seven local women nominated and four nominated at event, which honors SE Asian women with notable achievement in a range of fields

Leading women in Myanmar's tech sector urged young people to test their personal limits in order to succeed at an event marking International Women's Day.

More women are contesting for leading positions in Yangon City Development Committee, but the number remains vastly disproportionate to that of male candidates.

Stigmatization of condom use remains a problem; maternal mortality rate still unacceptably high

The women, a law lecturer and a civil servant, said they trust the police, the state government and the democratic society of Kerala to keep them safe.

Women and girls need the support of the entire community in pushing against the societal norms that continue to silence the sufferers of harassment and sexual abuse today.

The government of Myanmar must accelerate efforts to pass a comprehensive law to tackle violence against women and girls across all fourteen states and regions of Myanmar.

Existing legislation fails to protect against child or forced marriage in the name of tradition, rights advocates say

As part of an international women’s rights campaign, groups in Myanmar are holding 16 days of awareness-raising, renewing their push for the enactment of a delayed protection law

A feminist manga artist will use characters based on an Egyptian pharaoh and a Chinese empress to bring more female empowerment to the male-dominated world of comic books.

Buddhist nunneries in Thanlyin provide a home and education to hundreds of Palaung girls who would otherwise face violence and conscription in their hometowns in northern Shan.