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Gay Myanmar human rights activist’s story now a film
Aung Myo Min didn’t imagine the path his life would take when he was a university student in the late 1980s. He thought he would lead a peaceful life as a college professor, not the turbulent life of a human rights activist. A quarter of a century ago when the Burmese military brutally mowed down […]
Burma: Protect, Not Target, Gay People
Condemn Official’s Anti-Gay Statements (New York, September 3, 2015) – Burma’s government should publicly condemn grossly discriminatory remarks by a regional official about gay men and transgender women, Human Rights Watch said today in a letter to senior Burmese officials. The Burmese government is obligated under international law to protect all people in the country […]
Mandalay govt vows crackdown on same-sex couples
Mandalay Division’s Border and Security Affairs minister has vowed to crackdown on LGBT couples that engage in “inappropriate” public displays of affection and pledged an increased presence at the city’s moat and western dock areas. In a statement that Burma’s leading LGBT rights group Equality Myanmar labelled homophobic, minister Myint Kyu characterised homosexuality as “unacceptable” […]
Statement of CSO Forum Coordination Committee on signing the NCA to international governments, donor organizations and INGOs
CSO Forum Coordination Committee recognizes the efforts made and technical and financial assistances consistently provided by international governments, donor organizations and INGOs to Union Peace Working Committee (UPWC) and ethnic senior delegations for reaching and signing of Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) which is one of the basic necessities for the country to pave way for […]
Social media drives flood donations
With collection tins and chorus chants, crowds of impromptu aid solicitors are asking for help to “#SaveMyanmar”. By street-stopping passerby across the country, these volunteers seek to raise money for victims of the severe flooding that has ravaged 12 of Myanmar’s 14 states and regions. But in a change from past disasters, powerful fundraising is […]
Statement of Civil Society Organizations on the Current Severe Flooding in Myanmar
2 August 2015 Eleven States and Regions of Myanmar are encountering inundation and deluges with millions of people facing flooding distress. The floods, that began two weeks ago, have affected hundreds of thousands of people in Sagaing, Bago and Ayeyarwaddy Divisions as well as in Kachin, Chin and Arakan States, and these areas are urgently […]
All parties must immediately halt child recruitment and use
Dear All, Please find attached a press statement released today by Child Soldiers International, urging the Myanmar military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) to immediately end the recruitment and use of children under the age of 18 years and release all those recruited under-18 within their ranks. Research conducted by Child Soldiers International shows […]
UN International Mine Awareness Day
Equality Myanmar participated the 10th UN International Day of Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action held on 4th April, Yangon from 9:00 – 11:30 am. The main organizers of the event were organizations like Peace Myanmar Aid Foundation, Association of Myanmar Disabled Women’s Affairs, and Humanitarian Mine Action Initiative Myanmar. At the commemoration event, […]
The difficult conversations must have with my Myanmar friends
By Kenneth Wong Born in Yangon and living in San Francisco, Kenneth Wong sizes up the reform process as it looks from a distance, facing up to some uncomfortable truths. Under Yangon’s clear blue sky, my taxi sped along University Avenue. It was my second trip to my homeland since I’d immigrated to the US in […]
About EQMM
Equality Myanmar (formerly HREIB) is a nongovernmental organization which facilitates a broad range of human rights education and advocacy programs.
