Education for Women and Girls - Burma

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Description: "Education is a prerequisite to improved standards of living for all citizens o f Burma and particularly for improving the status of women. It is intrinsic to strong economic development of the country. The UNDP Human Development Index rates Burma 121st among 174 countries.3 The failure of the government over decades to provide opportunities for development has created a human resource problem that promises to burgeon with time. With the ?brain drain? of older educated people who have left the country over the past four decades, and the dearth of learning opportunities for younger generations, Burma today lacks, and in the future will continue to lack, educated, skilled people prepared to tackle and solve its developmental problems"...
Creator/author: Brenda Belak
Source/publisher: Images Asia
2002-01-00
Date of entry/update: 2014-09-25
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Language: English
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Sub-title: Brittiney Tun, an American teacher and owner of Discover Myanmar Magazine, which she co-founded with her husband, Ye Myat Tun, is wearing thanakha (traditional Myanmar make-up), and has knotted her hair with thazin flowers, Burmese style.
Description: "Most days, she is focused on meeting deadlines so that her magazine will publish in time. Still, she finds time to take care of her daughter and cook Burmese meals for her family. Now, she is also helping to teach Myanmar students to overcome language barriers. As a teacher at the American English Institute in Yangon, Brittney reckons the Myanmar education system needs to support students and teachers. She said Myanmar students are very studious and value their education, but they need access to diverse teaching methods and learning tools. She advises students not to be afraid to make mistakes, or they will be their own worst enemy. “Education is your greatest ally. Your education can never be stolen from you. Don’t learn things only about your current field: learn everything! Find something to study other than your current vocation and just suck it all in like a vacuum” she said. Moreover, she encourages her students to learn English skills through self-study. “First, find out how you learn. Do you learn best by hearing, listening, or doing? If you prefer hearing, I would advise you to watch as many videos as you can, listen to music, and hold conversations with other speakers. For visual learners, read as many books as you can, watch videos with English subtitles, and watch presentations with graphics. Ted Talks is always great. For those who learn best by doing, you need to combine your learning with some physical activity to help you store the lessons in your long-term memory.” A supportive family and life partner are very important to a working mother, and Brittney has those people surrounding her, especially her husband, who always advises her to pursue her goals..."
Source/publisher: Myanmar Times
2019-07-31
Date of entry/update: 2019-08-03
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Description: "?We had never heard about human rights in the village,” Lway Chee Sangar tells me at the Palaung Women?s Organization (PWO) office in Mae Sot, Thailand. Sangar is 23 years old. The ethnic nationality group to which she belongs, called the Palaung or Ta?ang, has been caught in an armed struggle for self-determination against the brutal Burmese regime for the better part of the past five decades. Sangar began working with the PWO about three years ago when her parents, desperate to give her an opportunity to improve her life, sent her from their tiny, remote village in the northern Shan State of Burma to the PWO?s former training center in China. It took her a combined six months of training at the PWO to begin to grasp the idea that all humans have rights. Sangar?s story is speckled with brushes with conflict, starting from her birth. She was born on the run, when her parents had to flee their village due to an outbreak of fighting nearby. Today, the Ta?ang National Liberation Army (TNLA), the armed wing of the Palaung State Liberation Front, is fighting off Burmese offensives and combatting opium cultivation in Palaung areas, according to their statement. Civilians are often caught in the cross-fire. Burmese forces have been known to use brutal tactics against civilians in conflict areas, including deadly forced portering and forced labor, torture, killing, and extortion of money, supplies, and drugs."
Source/publisher: Burma Link
Date of entry/update: 2016-03-18
Grouping: Individual Documents
Language: English
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