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Burma

Resource/Film: Women's League Of Burma (WLB): "Bringing Justice To Women Of Burma"

by Breese | November 23, 2011 at 9:44 AM

The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) launched a short film highlighting continued systematic and widespread rape against women and girls in Burma, in particular in the areas of renewed military offensive … Read More»

Happy New Year

by Insha Allah | April 14, 2011 at 5:30 AM | 2010 Voices of Our Future Correspondents

Dear All, Happy Myanmar New Year May this auspicious New Year brings all the best to you. May this Myanmar New Year blessing bring peace, joy, good health & prosperity to you & your family.... … Read More»

Happy Valentine’s Day but

by Insha Allah | February 15, 2011 at 2:05 AM

I am sorry that I was not so sure who is she who passed me a chocolate coin at a corner of British Council while I was in hasty. … Read More»

Demand the Release of Burmese Political Prisoners

December 20, 2010

Aung San Suu Kyi, leader of Burma’s pro-democracy movement and a symbol of the human rights struggle in her country, was released from her 14-year detention under house arrest on November 13, 2010 to the celebration of supporters around the world.

As Aung San Suu Kyi’s voice reemerges in the public sphere, many of the activists working for change in Burma remain in prison, their voices still silenced by Burma’s repressive regime. Read More »

Burma and the Media: Amplifying Voices for Democracy

by NobelWomen | September 16, 2010 (All day)

Nobel Women’s Initiative and The Paley Center for Media would like to cordially invite you to join them for this compelling event. … Read More»

Visionary Leaders

Women in Burma Will Not Be Silenced

by Jody Williams

With the expectation of elections looming on the horizon, it is a critical moment for Burma. General Than Shwe and the Burmese military have promised the people of Burma that they will head for the polls for the first time in twenty years this fall. Read More »