The military has subjected Myanmar’s people to intensifying brutality since it seized power in a coup on Feb. 1, deposing the civilian government led by Aung San Suu Kyi. More than 1,700 people have ...

March 11 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - As women take a frontline role in anti-coup protests in Myanmar, some have found an inventive way of defying military rule - hanging traditional sarongs, ...

They do not carry guns to fight the junta in Myanmar. Unlike women combatants in battle fatigues flaunting automatic weapons, their role in the resistance has gone by barely noticed. But they are ...

Students of the Women’s Empowerment School run by the Karenni Women’s Association (KNWO) take part in a graduation ceremony on the border between Thailand and Myanmar’s Karenni State, March 27, 2025.

CW: This article references violence and sexual violence. Please refer to the end of the article for on- and off-campus resources. The Georgetown University Institute for Women, Peace and Security ...

Aye is the author of award-winning cookery book Mandalay: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen. She was born and brought up in the U.K. by Burmese parents, but regularly visits friends and family ...

The Catholic Church has opened the first residential center offering rehabilitation to women in Myanmar battling drug addiction. Irish Columban Father Eamon Sheridan, director of the Rebirth ...