"The Plight of Women and Children in Burma", Issue No. 1/2009, March 2009

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Report: Mon Women, the Military & Forced Labor in Mon State: 1. Background; 2. Introduction; 3. Forced labor on road repairs: Case 1: WCRP interview with 32 year old woman from Toe-Thet-Ywa-Thit village; Case 2: WCRP interview with a woman from Toe-Thet-Ywa-Thit village; Case 3: IMNA, 2nd Oct 2008; Case 4: WCRP interview with 75 year old woman from Khaw-Zar Sub-Town; Case 5: WCRP interview with 32 year old woman from Toe-Thet-Ywa-Thit village; Case 6. WCRP interview with 40 year old woman from Yin-Dein-Wa village... 4. Forced labor to provide food and supplies for the military: Case 1: WCRP interview with 30 year old woman from Kyauk-Htaung village; Case2: WCRP interview with 53 year old woman from Yin-Ye village; 5. Forced labor on building maintenance: Case1: WCRP interview with a woman from Khaw-Zar Sub-township; Case2: WCRP interview with 52 year old woman from Shwe-Hin-Thar?Ywa-Thit village... 6. Forced labor for sentry duty: Case 1. WCRP interview with 55 year old woman from Yin-Ye village... 7. Conclusion..... Personal Account: Trafficked woman forced to have baby to pay debts..... Feature: A woman?s life, displaced on the border..... Activities: Mon Women?s day Joint Statement..... News: Illegal migrant driven to suicide by Thai boss?s abuse of her sister; Eleven migrant workers at risk in a Kanchanaburi forest.

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Women and Child Rights Project (WCRP)

Date of Publication: 

2009-03-00

Date of entry: 

2009-08-31

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  • Individual Documents

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English

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