Description:
Executive summary:
In this submission, Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
provides information concerning human
rights issues
affecting women
in
southeast Myanmar.
The time period covered in this submission
is from January 2012 to March 2016, which is a period characterised by dramatic and substantial
changes in Myanmar, including the political reform process; the 2012 preliminary ceasefire
agreement between the Karen National Union
(KNU)
and the
government of Myanmar; the 2015
Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement; and the November 2015 general election, in which the National
League for Democracy won a landslide victory, marking a change of course from the previous
reign of consecutive military-backed governments.
2.
Organisational information will be addressed first in a brief summary of KHRG and its operations
and then
KHRG?s research and data collection methodology will be detailed.
After these initial
sections, KHRG?s key findings related to human rights and discrimination of women in southeast
Myanmar
will be
presented. The key findings will address the issues
of gender inequality of
(rural) women in political and public life; gender-based violence (GBV); rural women and girls?
access to education
and healthcare, in particular
maternal healthcare; and land confiscation and livelihood issues
affecting
rural women.
Each
of the key findings will start with a relevant quote
from a local woman which is
in line with KHRG?s
mission
to project the voices of
villagers.
The
sections will
conclude with concrete recommendations to the
government..."
Source/publisher:
Karen Human Rights Group (KHRG)
Date of Publication:
2016-06-10
Date of entry:
2016-07-19
Grouping:
- Individual Documents
Category:
Language:
English
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Format:
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