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Women in Myanmar have long held a pivotal role in opposition to military rule and remain crucial to the revolution's success, according to Waves of Upheaval in Myanmar: Gendered Transformations and Political Transitions, a new book released today by feminist scholars and human rights defenders from Myanmar and beyond.
The Institute for Economics & Peace (IEP) has agreed to redact Myanmar from the 2022 Global Terrorism Index after over 100 Myanmar academics and analysts signed a letter objecting to the Institute’s portrayal of Myanmar in the report.
Su Thit has a table in a corner by the window in her home. She no longer sits there at night. “You never know when the bullets will fly,” she says. She fears the Myanmar military might shoot at random. At 8 pm, when people still bang pots and pans in protest, security forces will sometimes fire at the sounds — with slingshots, stones, bullets. Su Thit, a pseudonym she is using for her safety, lives in Yangon, Myanmar’s largest city. She began protesting in early February, when demonstrators swarmed the streets in defiance of a military coup that toppled the country’s quasi-democrati...