Three years have passed since the military coup in Myanmar. Since then, the resistance movement has flourished into an inspired example of people’s power and the defiance of authoritarian forces. In the eyes of the military, the hijacking of the 2020 general election and subsequent coup attempt was an easy conquest. They thought that violence … Read more
Magazine Women play crucial roles in Myanmar’s anti-coup resistance, as fighters, fundraisers, and activists. Women functionaries of the Chin National Army take part in a morning drill at Camp Victoria in Myanmar’s Chin State. Credit: Rajeev BhattacharyyaAdvertisement Women in Myanmar enjoyed a high degree of freedom and power before the military coup in 1962. Women’s … Read more
Advertisement The decades-long struggle for a democratic Myanmar has been marked by many false dawns and untimely collapses, with the challenge of holding together a multiethnic and multicultural union often proving too much of a hurdle. The civil war has only worsened since the illegal coup in February 2021, and while the military junta’s rule … Read more
Members of the Karenni National Women’s Organization take part in a team-building exercise in an undisclosed region of Karenni State, Myanmar, January 2023. Credit: Facebook/KNWO Advertisement In Karenni State, every day has become a struggle for survival for the thousands displaced across Myanmar’s least populated state. Since the attempted coup on February 1, 2021, crimes … Read more