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Contraceptive implant brings comfort and joy to Myanmar women

calendar_today 22 December 2017

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Contraceptive implant brings comfort and joy to Myanmar women

When the mobile reproductive health team arrives in Bhyat Kha village in Kayin, Myanmar, the clinic is already bursting with clients. The health assistant in the village…

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Launch of “Love Question, Life Answer” mobile app

calendar_today 20 December 2017

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Launch of “Love Question, Life Answer” mobile app

NAY PYI TAW, Myanmar – Millions of young people in Myanmar are growing up in a society that is modernizing rapidly. Traditions and values are changing. And the sheer volume…

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Census stock-taking ceremony

calendar_today 15 December 2017

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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…

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Census data underpins local dialogue on education, health and infrastructure

calendar_today 04 December 2017

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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…

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ITAB statement of 1 December, 2017

calendar_today 01 December 2017

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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…

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Media advisory for the launch of the Census Atlas of Myanmar

calendar_today 23 November 2017

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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…

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Protect & Respect: Ethical journalism for an end to violence against women

calendar_today 22 November 2017

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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…

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Solar lanterns light the perilous way to shared toilets

calendar_today 17 November 2017

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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…

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Dire living conditions hamper potential of Myanmar’s children and youth

calendar_today 11 October 2017

Press Release

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…

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