It is official. The decades of military-rule dictatorship are over in Myanmar.
There's strong hopes Myanmar (Burma) is on the cusp of electing more women to parliament when it goes to the polls later this year.
The country sits near the bottom of global rankings on women's parliamentary representation with less than six per cent of its politicians female.
Australia's ambassador for women and girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, has just wrapped up a two day visit to the once-reclusive state.
There's strong hopes Myanmar (Burma) is on the cusp of electing more women to parliament when it goes to the polls later this year.
The country sits near the bottom of global rankings on women's parliamentary representation with less than six per cent of its politicians female.
Australia's ambassador for women and girls, Natasha Stott Despoja, has just wrapped up a two day visit to the once-reclusive state.
Myanmar's younger opposition members urge elders to step aside for new generation as they aspire towards bigger roles and louder voice.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner's National League for Democracy (NLD), founded after a bloody crackdown on a failed popular uprising in 1988, is preparing for key parliamentary elections next year that could sweep it to power.
Myanmar's younger opposition members urge elders to step aside for new generation as they aspire towards bigger roles and louder voice.
The Nobel Peace Prize winner's National League for Democracy (NLD), founded after a bloody crackdown on a failed popular uprising in 1988, is preparing for key parliamentary elections next year that could sweep it to power.
Burma’s president is set to appoint Khin San Yi, formerly a deputy minister of planning and economic development, as the new education minister, bringing the number of woman ministers in the government to two.
Burma’s president is set to appoint Khin San Yi, formerly a deputy minister of planning and economic development, as the new education minister, bringing the number of woman ministers in the government to two.
The first women officers appointed to join the military bloc in parliament since it convened nearly three years ago after the 2010 elections have been sworn in as members of the Pyithu Hluttaw.
Lieutenant Colonels Soe Soe Myint and San Thida Khin, who were appointed by the Commander-in-Chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, were sworn in when the Pyithu Hluttaw reconvened on January 13.
The first women officers appointed to join the military bloc in parliament since it convened nearly three years ago after the 2010 elections have been sworn in as members of the Pyithu Hluttaw.
Lieutenant Colonels Soe Soe Myint and San Thida Khin, who were appointed by the Commander-in-Chief, Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, were sworn in when the Pyithu Hluttaw reconvened on January 13.
Authorities have determined the areas of concentration for the National Strategic Plan for the Advancement of Women (NSPAW) and have assigned relevant duties to participating organizations, Aung Tun Khaing, Deputy Director General of the Department of Social Welfare within the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, told Mizzima.
Authorities have determined the areas of concentration for the National Strategic Plan for the Advancement of Women (NSPAW) and have assigned relevant duties to participating organizations, Aung Tun Khaing, Deputy Director General of the Department of Social Welfare within the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, told Mizzima.
Myanmar needs to change its constitution as fast as possible to put the country firmly on the path to democracy, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of the country's democratic opposition Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday.
Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory in last year's parliamentary by-elections, giving her a seat in parliament.
But the 68-year old faces a tough challenge to have the constitution changed to push on with reforms and to allow her to run for presidency in 2015.
Myanmar needs to change its constitution as fast as possible to put the country firmly on the path to democracy, Nobel Peace Prize winner and leader of the country's democratic opposition Aung San Suu Kyi said on Tuesday.
Suu Kyi's National League for Democracy (NLD) won a landslide victory in last year's parliamentary by-elections, giving her a seat in parliament.
But the 68-year old faces a tough challenge to have the constitution changed to push on with reforms and to allow her to run for presidency in 2015.
The Women’s Initiative Network for Peace (Win-Peace) has expressed serious concern at the continued imprisonment of hundreds of political prisoners including women activists in various Burmese jails and urged the reform savvy from President Thein Sein to take necessary initiative to release them at the earliest.
The Win-Peace asserted that the authority maintains its repressive laws followed by more arrests and hence appealed to the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission to take serious note on the situation.
The Women’s Initiative Network for Peace (Win-Peace) has expressed serious concern at the continued imprisonment of hundreds of political prisoners including women activists in various Burmese jails and urged the reform savvy from President Thein Sein to take necessary initiative to release them at the earliest.
The Win-Peace asserted that the authority maintains its repressive laws followed by more arrests and hence appealed to the Myanmar National Human Rights Commission to take serious note on the situation.
