Equality Myanmar News

Equality Myanmar’ Annual Meeting and Retreat

Equality Myanmar organized an annual meeting and retreat at  Chaung Tha from 16th to 18th Feb 2020. Deputy Director of Equality Myanmar said ” I’m inspired by the passion and seriousness discussion on different issues that EQMM staff…

Project Need Assessment Survey

Project Need Assessment Survey To support grassroots advocacy and strengthen human rights projects in Myanmar, Equality Myanmar conducted a need assessment survey with the funding of the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF). The first…

Human rights Talk in Khin Oo, Sagaing Division

Human rights awareness talk was held in Khin Oo, Sagaing Division on 30 January with the aims to raise awareness on basic human rights issues, violations cases and reporting strategy. After the talk, one of the seminar participants Kyaw Zaw…

Myanmar Ratifies UN Treaty Banning Use of Child Soldiers

YANGON—Myanmar has ratified the so-called “child soldier treaty”, the Foreign Ministry announced on Sunday. Union Minister for International Cooperation U Kyaw Tin presented Myanmar’s Instrument of Ratification of the treaty—formally…

Myanmar – Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor Addresses General Debate, 74th Session

28 Sep 2019 – Kyaw Tint Swe, Union Minister for the Office of the State Counsellor of Myanmar, addresses the general debate of the 74th Session of the General Assembly of the UN (New York, 24 – 30 September 2019). UN  

ASEAN PEOPLE’S FORUM: MYANMAR CIVIL SOCIETY CORE GROUP ASEAN RECOUNTS EXPERIENCES

ASEAN CSO Conference/ASEAN People’s Forum was held in Bangkok of Thailand from 10 to 12 of September. Myanmar Civil Society Core Group ASEAN recounted experiences on the event on Wednesday. ASEAN People’s Forum is an annual gathering…

Asia-wide campaign seeks pardon for two Myanmar men facing death sentence

Myanmar civil society groups and anti-death penalty advocates across Asia have launched a campaign seeking royal clemency for two Myanmar migrant workers recently sentenced to death by a Thai court. The Asia-wide campaign was launched on…

Myanmar: Civilians Caught in Shan State Fighting

(New York) – Myanmar’s armed forces and the three ethnic armed groups fighting in northern Shan State should safeguard civilians, Human Rights Watch said today. Renewed fighting since August 15, 2019 has resulted in the deaths of at least…

Myanmar’s New Children’s Law a Step Forward

After years of discussion and debate, Myanmar has finally enacted a law to protect the rights of children. Consistent with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Myanmar has ratified, the law defines a child as anyone…

Gay Yangon librarian who took own life ‘mentally weak’: inquiry

14 August 20191.5K11 A probe into the death of a gay Myanmar man which cast a spotlight on the marginalised community concluded he was “mentally weak,” findings slammed Wednesday by his heartbroken family who blamed bullying at work. Kyaw…