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02 December 2016
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Violence against women – a heartbreak in Myanmar
“Some women are very upset and are not able to immediately explain what has happened. I have to help them relax and become calm before they can talk.” Daw Lu Bu is a…
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01 December 2016
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World AIDS Day: Giving HIV-positive sex workers access to family planning
Ma San San Aye, a woman in her forties with short hair, picked up the ringing mobile phone and spoke for a few minutes. “Sorry, it’s one of my peers,” she…
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29 November 2016
Statement
Safeguarding women and girls affected by the crisis in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
Statement on Safeguarding Women and Girls in Myanmar’s Rakhine State
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28 November 2016
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Message man to man - Changing attitudes to violence against women in Myanmar
On a Wednesday afternoon in the monsoon month of September, the community hall at the Myo Ma camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Waing Maw Township, Kachin, Myanmar,…
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25 November 2016
Statement
A silent emergency: Violence against women and girls
Violence against women and girls is a silent emergency in Myanmar. It ranges from groping on buses to human trafficking. It includes harassment, cyber exploitation, psychological…
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25 November 2016
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We have the power – Women and Girls Centres combat violence against women
Gender-based violence is a silent emergency in Myanmar. There is groping on buses, harassment, cyber exploitation, date rape, trafficking and more. And there is domestic violence…
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21 October 2016
Statement
ITAB Statement of 21 October, 2016
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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20 October 2016
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Horizon Still Limited for Many 10-Year-Old Girls in Myanmar
According to the 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census, young people, aged 10-24, account for almost 30 per cent of the total population; a huge potential reservoir for the…
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20 October 2016
Statement
UNFPA Executive Director Babatunde Osotimehin On the Occasion of the Launch of The State of World Population 2016
Welcome to the release of The State of World Population 2016, published by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. This year’s report is entitled, “10: How our…
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