The diplomatic missions of Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden to Myanmar, are organizing their annual Nordic Day Event on 14 February. The topic of this year’s Nordic Day is Mobilization[…]
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Today is the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, which marks the start of the global 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence. The diplomatic missions of[…]
Burma’s drinkers currently prefer beer or spirits, but wine producers are hopeful that wine enjoyment will keep growing steadily from its low base. as supermarkets in larger cities are stocking an increasing number of locally made wines.
Feature Features (OLD) Labour Issues
The minimum wage will rise from 3600 kyats ($2.70) to 4,800 kyats per day, but for some workers, fears have been raised it may come at the cost of other existing benefits.
Feature Features (OLD) Lead Story Rohingya
Cases of men and women enslaved in bonded labour or trafficked for marriage have started to emerge in India after they managed to escape or were rescued and found their way to Rohingya settlements there.
“At the age of 10, I got my tattoos,” says Ma Lha Sen.
Farmers Feature Features (OLD) Lead Story News
A changing climate is putting downward pressure on residents in Burma’s Dry Zone, where farming families stretch back generations.
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The government has taken the first step to address the rampant problem of child labour throughout the country by drafting a five-year National Action Plan to eliminate child labour.
Environment Feature Features Features (OLD) Lead Story News Rangoon
There’s no hiding Rangoon’s trash problem. The streets of Burma’s biggest city are often the scene of overflowing garbage, but one organisation is changing that.
Electricity Feature Lead Story News
Generators are expensive. Pact says one hour of diesel power in rural Burma costs roughly the same as 24 hours of power in Rangoon.
Development Economy Feature Features Labour Issues Lead Story
Discrimination against workers standing up for their rights in Burma’s garment industry was highlighted this month after a union leader was fired at a factory supplying fashion brand H&M.
Chin Farmers Feature Lead Story
Challenges abound, but so too does hope that the right set of policies can spur development in this remote part of Burma.
Feature Lead Story News Women's Issues
“When I saw my children’s faces it was very difficult. I decided that getting beaten up every night is just one thing [compared to leaving my children].”
Feature Health Lead Story News Women's Issues
In a country where the subject of sex is still shrouded in shame, teaching young people how to prevent unwanted pregnancies remains a challenge.
Arts Culture Feature Features Features (OLD) News
Burma’s artists explore the possibilities of creative life in the post-censorship age
Feature Lead Story News Women's Issues
Recent revelations about severe abuses inflicted on two young housemaids have highlighted the need for better protection of the rights of girls and women.
Education Feature Lead Story News
Education reform in Burma is underway — and not a moment too soon.
Conflict Ethnic issues Feature Lead Story News Women's Issues
As war continues in Burma’s border areas, calls grow to end attacks on women.
Feature Lead Story Migrants Issues News Refugees
Expectations are high that this week’s visit to Thailand by Aung San Suu Kyi will help raise awareness of issues affecting the millions of Burmese migrant workers in the country.
Drugs Feature Kachin Lead Story News
Tens of thousands of poor men from across Burma seek their fortune at Hpakant’s jade mines, only to see their lives ruined by drug addiction.
Business Feature Women's Issues
A bakery that teaches disadvantaged women the skills they need to succeed in the workplace is part of a growing trend towards social businesses in Burma.
Environment Feature Lead Story News Photos
At sunrise and sunset a rash of tourists swarm Ubein Bridge to take photos of the iconic teak bridge. But what you don’t see in most of the glossy guidebooks is the rubbish in the foreground.
Women across Burma are choosing to cut off their hair and donate it to a monastery that is building new bridges across the country.
Feature Lead Story News Refugees
Many are still reluctant to leave, but after 30 years of displacement, refugees living in camps in Thailand are beginning to see the possibility of returning to their homeland.
Education Feature Lead Story News
Military rule wrecked Burma’s higher education system and the new government faces many challenges to restore it.
Conflict Feature Lead Story Military News
Across Burma, landmines pose a daily threat, but five years after the transition to democracy began, there is still no official clearance programme.
Feature Health Lead Story News Video
Mismanagement and a chronic lack of funding during 50 years of military rule are the main culprits for the poor state of healthcare in Burma today.
Feature Lead Story News Women's Issues
“One of my friends is five weeks pregnant. She is uneducated and poor. Her boyfriend ran away when she told him that she was pregnant. She’s crying.”
“The kids are getting older and they won’t be able to return to Burma until their parents make some money. So they just grow older and older.”
Mental health patients—many of them victims of junta-era repression—suffer in silence due to cultural stigma and a lack of psychological health care.
