The Myanmar military fears menstrual blood. The troops believe that passing under clothing that has touched women’s private parts will sap hpoun — their spiritual energy — to destroy their luck, ...

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 ...

SUNY Cortland hosted two women activists from Myanmar on Thursday, Sept. 5, for a day of conversations about the collision of faith, feminism and ethnicity in their country, which is struggling with ...

The implementation of the People's Military Service Law will allow the military to increase its control over women's lives and bodies. The country’s civil war has been accompanied by the growing ...

Fighting has caused the spread of illnesses like malaria and cholera. In a worst-case scenario, the situation could threaten ...

Mya Thwate Thwate Khaing died on Friday while in intensive care at a hospital in the Myanmar capital Naypyitaw, where she had been on life support for 10 days since she was shot by police cracking ...

Join us on International Women’s Day to learn how the U.S. government can support Burmese women as they fight for a brighter future in their country. It’s been a year since the Burmese military ...

Women and gendered minorities in Myanmar are experiencing devastating impacts on their health as the military tightens control on the country’s healthcare system. Without proper access to health ...

STORY: The aftermath of an artillery strike. At least 29 people, including women and children, were killed in Myanmar in the attack on a refugee camp near the border with China. The strike was one of ...

When AP Australia correspondent Kristen Gelineau, Singapore photographer Maye-E Wong and New Delhi video journalist Rishabh Jain entered the sprawling refugee camps in Bangladesh that are sheltering ...

NEW DELHI, India, August 3 (UNHCR) - Life as a refugee is often traumatic, but it sometimes helps if you can talk to someone sympathetic outside the family about your problems, challenges and hopes.