Trans women still face discrimination in Myanmar, ... Hegseth is renaming several Navy ships named for women and people of color as well. 3 minute read · June 30, 2025 ...

Amid Myanmar's unrelenting crisis, it is women who are quietly reshaping the nation's future. As the country reels from military violence, institutional collapse, and humanitarian catastrophe, women ...

Burma's military government on Wednesday said it will draft 60,000 young men and women yearly for military service under its newly activated conscription law, with call-ups beginning after the ...

It is more apparent than ever that Myanmar’s pro-democracy movement must adopt bottom-up approaches moving forward – and this must start with ensuring the equal participation of women. In ...

As the U.S. changes strategy on Myanmar, Stephanie Guyer-Stevens wonders about what it will mean for the country's women. Last summer, a young Burmese woman next to her on a plane was afraid to even ...

Like tens of thousands of people, the Kayan headed for the Thai border. But instead of being kept with the other refugees, the "long-necked" families were put in a separate compound a few yards from ...

The death toll crossed 2,700 people in Myanmar, officials said. A 63-year-old woman was pulled alive from under the rubble Tuesday about 91 hours after Myanmar was struck by a devastating, 7.7 ...

Amid Myanmar’s transition towards democracy, a dangerous Buddhist nationalist movement is on the rise, and women are playing a key role. Taung Paw Camp in Rakhine State, in 2012. Credit: FCO ...

Myanmar's junta made military service mandatory for all young men and women, state media said, as it struggles to contain armed rebel forces fighting for greater autonomy in various parts of the ...

Women are making bombs and involved in like, you know, sabotage operations. Young men, journalists, doctors, engineers, ... Biden froze it. That’s the Burmese people’s money.