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Census stock-taking ceremony
A stock-taking ceremony for the 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census was held on 14 December 2017. It was part of a two-day event at the Myanmar International Convention Centre 2 in Nay Pyi Taw... Read more
Census data underpins local dialogue on education, health and infrastructure
Three years ago, when the census enumerator arrived at her family home in 2014, May Mon Oo had little understanding of why the census was being conducted. Today, in 2017, she knows the census like... Read more
ITAB statement of 1 December, 2017
Nay Pyi Taw Note: The International Technical Advisory Board (ITAB) was formed in January 2013. ITAB’s role in the 2014 Population and Housing Census in Myanmar is to provide advice to the Government... Read more
Media advisory for the launch of the Census Atlas of Myanmar
100 maps that bring differences and similarities of people in Myanmar to life The first Census Atlas of Myanmar uncovers the different realities for people in Myanmar. The maps visualize significant... Read more
Protect & Respect: Ethical journalism for an end to violence against women
Factsheet: Ethical journalism for an end to violence against women အမ်ိဳးသမီးမ်ားကို အၾကမ္းဖက္ျခင္း ပေပ်ာက္ေစေရးအေၾကာင္း သတင္းေရးသားေဖာ္ျပရာတြင္ မီဒီယာမ်ား လိုက္နာသင့္သည့္အခ်က္မ်ား Journalists give... Read more
Solar lanterns light the perilous way to shared toilets
Khin Khin shudders when she thinks about walking in the dark from her shelter to the shared toilet: “I never feel safe to go to the toilet at night.” In Myanmar, 1.5 million people have no toilet in... Read more
Dire living conditions hamper potential of Myanmar’s children and youth
YANGON, Myanmar — Almost half of Myanmar’s population is below 25 years of age (46.5 per cent). These 23.4 million children and youth represent the future of the country. Yet a new census report... Read more
Myanmar must prepare to face the challenges of an ageing population
YANGON, Myanmar — A new census report reveals that the number of older people in Myanmar will almost triple in the next 30 years. By 2050 the number of people aged 60 and over are projected to grow... Read more
Local newspaper uses census data to rally against deforestation
Monywa, Myanmar – In the wake of media reforms in Myanmar, the weekly newspaper Monywa Gazette is one of the many small local start-ups. The political and economic transition in Myanmar has paved way... Read more
Ethnic media trained to use census data for fact-based reporting
Nan Hnin Thet Wai Khaing became a reporter when she joined the Voice of Shanni Journal in September last year. Based in city of Mandalay, Hnin reached out to the contacts in other towns through... Read more