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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Meri, co-founder of the Collaborate Burma Foundation, arrived 16 years ago in Mae Sot, a town nestled in the jungle of western Thailand, right on the border with Burma. Meri Viladecas is checking ...

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 ...

An elderly woman was killed and three others were injured when a junta warplane bombed civilian areas in Pale Township on ...

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 ...

About 3 million people have been displaced by war in Myanmar and the earthquake has only deepened an already dire humanitarian crisis in which at least 20 million people need aid.

Local women’s organisations are key players in this effort, as is the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar, set up by the UN Human Rights Council in 2018 to collect evidence of ...