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| Title: | | UNICEF |
| Description/subject: | | Search for Myanmar. 464 results (November 2001). 819 in May 2005. Lots of pics but some substantial documents. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations Children's Fund |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | UNICEF Myanmar Page |
| Description/subject: | | The most substantial material on the site is in the Media Centre, and includes: a pdf document in Burmese: "Questions and Answers on HIV and AIDS"... "The State of the World's Children 2005 - Children under threat" in English, (and in the same box a link to what should be a Burmese version, but since this is 56 pages rather than the 164 of the English, I have doubts)... "Progress For Children
A Child Survival Report Card" in English, with The Foreword, Child Survival, and the East Asia and Pacific sections in Burmese... a "Myanmar Reporter's Manual" (65 pages)in English and Burmese versions:
"This manual provides instruction on international-standard reporting skills, child-focused reporting and ethics for Myanmar journalists in accordance with the Convention on the Rights of the Child." then there is a glossy, 28-page "UNICEF in Myanmar - Protecting Lives, Nurturing Dreams" in English.....In the For Children and Youth section is an illustrated and simplified aticle-by-article version of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and a couple of illustrated online books for young children and their families in English and Burmese. Under Youth Web Links there English language animations (I suppose) called "Top 10 Cartoons for Children's Rights" but I could not get them to work. Also links to several other UNICEF and UN young people's sites. The "Activities" and "Real Lives" sections deal with UNICEF's activities in the country. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | UNICEF |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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Individual Documents
| Title: | | Accountability Matters in Emergencies - Listening to children and responding to their feedback during Save the Children’s humanitarian response in Myanmar (Burma) |
| Date of publication: | | November 2010 |
| Description/subject: | | "This case study was written to share our experience of setting up information
centres in Myanmar (Burma) after Cyclone Nargis struck in May 2008. We
wanted to capture the lessons learned, and share practical suggestions with other
programme staff and practitioners. Here, we describe what we did, how we did it,
and some of the key considerations involved. We also describe what we achieved,
and the lessons we learned through our accountability self-assessment.
We piloted a number of approaches to making our emergency response more
accountable and, ultimately, more effective. First, we set up information centres
linked to food distribution points. Then, we set up an information centre
that worked closely with peer educators, who used creative ways of promoting
children’s participation and finding out their views. Based on our experience
with these two pilots, we developed a ‘general information centre’ model. The
idea was that children and adults in a given village (whether individuals or
representatives from other organisations) could give us feedback about any of
our activities, across all sectors: education, child protection, health, nutrition,
livelihoods, and disaster risk reduction. We also developed a clear procedure for
handling complaints from project beneficiaries.
We hope this case study answers some of the key questions about how we become
a more accountable organisation. We also hope it inspires others to find the
best ways of improving their accountability to children and their communities,
whatever the context..." |
| Author/creator: | | Kyaw Ko Thet, Ei Ei Khin and Ei Thant Khing |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Save the Children |
| Format/size: | | pdf (456K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 21 December 2010 |
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| Title: | | Displaced Childhoods |
| Date of publication: | | April 2010 |
| Description/subject: | | Preface:
"On 17 January 2010, Burma Army Light Infantry Battalion (LIB) number
367 initiated a fresh round of attacks on several villages in Karen State’s
Nyaunglebin District in eastern Burma, killing three villagers, burning down
houses, and committing atrocities against civilians. Over a two-day period, the
attacks forcibly displaced over 1,000 villagers, including hundreds of children.
These children are now living in uncertain conditions, hiding from further
military attacks with little more than the clothes on their backs. They are at
extreme risk of continued human rights violations, malnourishment, and
serious health problems.
Such attacks are common in military-ruled Burma. A generation of
the country’s children have been scarred by death, destruction, loss, and
neglect at the hands of Burma’s military. For over four decades, Burma’s
military government has forced children from their homes and villages,
subjected them to extreme human rights violations, and largely left them
to fend for their survival in displacement settings without access to basic
provisions or humanitarian services. Since 2002, Free Burma Rangers (FBR) has
independently documented over 180 incidents of displacement, and for the
last 14 years both Partners and FBR have provided lifesaving humanitarian
service to thousands more. From 2002 to the end of 2009, more than 580,000
civilians, including over 190,000 children, have been forcibly displaced from
their homes in Eastern Burma alone. An estimated one to three million people
live as internally displaced persons (IDPs) throughout Burma. As many as
330,000 to 990,000 of the displaced are children..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Free Burma Rangers. Partners Relief & Development |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 08 April 2010 |
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| Title: | | FEELING SMALL IN ANOTHER PERSON’S COUNTRY - The situation of Burmese migrant children in Mae Sot Thailand |
| Date of publication: | | February 2009 |
| Description/subject: | | "...There are an estimated 200,000 Burmese children living in Thailand, many of whom are working, with 20% of the migrant workforce thought to consist of children aged 15 to 17 years of age. It was
seen to be a standard practice for parents to send children out to work, especially once they have
reached the age of 13 years and seen to be physically capable of bringing in extra income for the
family. Children may voluntarily leave or be taken out of school to work alongside their parents in the
factory or fields, as domestics or as service workers in shops and restaurants. Researchers have found
that children working in Mae Sot factories and the agricultural area are subject to the worst forms of
child labour, working long hours and being exposed to hazardous chemicals and conditions that are in
direct violation of Thai labour law. The difficulty of obtaining registration and the work permit makes for a tenuous existence. Consequently, young people can be coerced or forced into bad
employment situations...
As parent’s lives are consumed by the need to work and make money, children can be denied the love,
care and guidance essential to their healthy growth and development and may be separated from or
even abandoned by parents. Some parents abuse and exploit their children by telling them not to come
back home if they cannot earn a fixed amount per day. Consequently these children go out on the
streets looking for daily work to survive; this can include begging, collecting recyclable rubbish and
carrying heavy loads. This pressure is seen to change the moral character of children with some
turning to stealing. Children who are unemployed, neglected, abandoned, or orphaned can end up
permanently on the streets. Being out of school and on the streets increases the risk of being trafficked
and recruitment by gangs, who physically threaten and may even kill children who try to escape...
Statelessness is a real risk for children who are unable to receive identity registration in Burma and
for those born in Thailand of migrants, especially unregistered parents. Despite the ratification of
conventions, such as the United Nation’s Convention on the Rights of the Child 1989 (CRC), and the
International Convention of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR) that stipulate birth registration of all
children born in Thailand, in reality only registered migrants who hold a work permit can register
their child’s birth. A change in the Civil Registration Act, effective from the 23rd August 2008, will
allow all children born on Thai soil, regardless of their status, to register their births and obtain a birth
certificate; however it remains to be seen how this will be implemented. In the meantime the
Committee for Promotion and Protection of Child Rights (Burma) (CPPCR), a Burmese CBO
established in 2002, provides a registration service for children from Burma that in some cases, has
been recognized by some Thai schools and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees
(UNHCR)..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Committee for Promotion and Protection of Child Rights (Burma) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (3.4MB) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 23 November 2009 |
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| Title: | | Spare the Child |
| Date of publication: | | September 2008 |
| Description/subject: | | "Burma’s military government pays lip service to the rights of children, but still allows child labor and recruits underage soldiers..." |
| Author/creator: | | Aung Thet Wine |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "The Irrawaddy" Vol. 16, No. 9 |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 13 November 2008 |
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| Title: | | Child Soldiers Global Report 2008 - Myanmar |
| Date of publication: | | 20 May 2008 |
| Description/subject: | | Thousands of children continued to be recruited and used in the Tatmadaw Kyi (army) and in armed political groups, as the army continued its expansion drive and internal armed conflict persisted in some areas of the country. Although the government took some steps to address the issue, a formal disarmament, demobilization and reintegration (DDR) program was not in place. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Coalition to Stop the use of Child Soldiers |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/country,,CSCOAL,,MMR,,486cb11dc,0.html
http://www.child-soldiers.org/home |
| Date of entry/update: | | 31 October 2008 |
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| Title: | | Stanley Van Tha ist zurück in der Schweiz â�" in Burma geht die Repression weiter. |
| Date of publication: | | 18 February 2008 |
| Description/subject: | | Die allgemeine Lage in Burma hat sich seit den Protesten signifikant verschlechtert. 80 Prozent der Anführer der Mönche und der Studentengruppen, welche die Proteste anführten, sind im Gefängnis, der Rest ist auf der Flucht. Die burmesische Militärdiktatur schreckt vor ausgiebiger Folter nicht zurück, um sich durch das Aktivistennetzwerk zu arbeiten und auf ebenso brutale Art und Weise wurden weitere Proteste auf der Strasse umgehend unterdrückt. Im Januar wurden neue Bemühungen unternommen, den Internetzugang in Burma zu erschweren. Rolle von burmesischen Kindern; schweizer Asylpolitik; Stanley Van Tha; role of burmese children; suisse asylum policy; |
| Author/creator: | | Nina Sahdeva |
| Language: | | German, Deutsch |
| Source/publisher: | | Fairunterwegs |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 May 2008 |
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| Title: | | Report of the Secretary-General on children and armed conflict in Myanmar |
| Date of publication: | | 16 November 2007 |
| Description/subject: | | Summary:
"The present report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions of
resolution 1612 (2005). It is presented to the Security Council and its Working Group
on Children and Armed Conflict as the first country report pursuant to paragraphs 2,
3 and 10 of that resolution. The report, which covers the period from July 2005 to
September 2007, provides information on the current situation regarding the
recruitment and use of children and other grave violations being committed against
children affected by armed conflict in the Union of Myanmar. While the monitoring
and reporting structures as outlined in the mechanism endorsed by the Security
Council in its resolution in 1612 (2005) are in place, the modalities of an effective
mechanism, including security guarantees, access to affected areas and freedom of
movement of monitors without Government escort, are lacking. This first report
therefore sets forth the general scope of the situation based on the information
available to the United Nations country task force on monitoring and reporting at the
present time.
Although there has been progress in terms of dialogue with the Government of
Myanmar and two non-State actors, the report notes that State and non-State actors
continue to be implicated in grave child rights violations. The Government of
Myanmar has made a commitment at the highest level that no child under the age of
18 will be recruited. The Government has set up a high-level Committee for the
Prevention of Military Recruitment of Underage Children and a working group for
monitoring and reporting on the same issue. Further, there are Government policies
and directives prohibiting underage recruitment. To date, the Government has not
acceded to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the
involvement of children in armed conflict (2000). Two non-State actors (the Karen
National Union and the Karenni National Progressive Party) have signed Deeds of
Commitment to cease the recruitment and use of children, to declare their adherence
to the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child and have
committed themselves to appropriate follow-up action. The Government has committed to bringing its current action plan on the
prevention of the recruitment of children into its armed forces, the Tatmadaw Kyi,
into line with international standards and to facilitate action plans with the United
Wa State Army and other non-State actors. The Government of Myanmar has also
recognized the need for the United Nations country task force in Myanmar to engage
the Karen National Union and Karenni National Progressive Party in the
development of action plans and monitor their compliance in accordance with
Security Council resolution 1612 (2005). A principal difficulty with regard to
monitoring grave violations of children’s rights remains the lack of access to some
locations of concern. Access to conflict-affected areas is severely restricted by the
Government, a situation that impacts greatly on monitoring and possible responses to
child rights violations." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | United Nations Security Council |
| Format/size: | | pdf (91K-English.) Avaiulable also in French(107.5K) , Russian(341.7K) , Spanish(102.9K) , Arabic(238.6K) , Chinese(263.2K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://daccessdds.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N07/574/91/PDF/N0757491.pdf?OpenElement
http://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N07/574/91/pdf/N0757491.pdf?OpenElement |
| Date of entry/update: | | 26 November 2007 |
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| Title: | | Nirgendwo gibt es so viele Kindersoldaten |
| Date of publication: | | November 2007 |
| Description/subject: | | Was die Ausbeutung Minderjähriger angeht, ist Myanmar die unangefochtene Nummer eins. Ein Gespräch mit Ralf Willinger, Referent für Kinderrechte bei terre des hommes, Rolle der Kindersoldaten bei den Aufständen 2007; Rekrutierung von Kindersoldaten; gesetzliche Regelungen zu Kindersoldaten; Interview with Ralf Willinger; Role of child-soldiers during the uprisings 2007; recruitment of child soldiers; laws and reglementations on child soldiers |
| Author/creator: | | Helen Sibum |
| Language: | | German, Deutsch |
| Source/publisher: | | Amnesty International / Terre des Hommes |
| Format/size: | | Html (20kb) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 27 May 2008 |
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| Title: | | Sold to be Soldiers: The Recruitment and Use of Child Soldiers in Burma |
| Date of publication: | | 31 October 2007 |
| Description/subject: | | I Summary:
The Government of Burma’s Armed Forces: The Tatmadaw;
Government Failure to Address Child Recruitment;
Non-state Armed Groups;
The Local and International Response...
II Recommendations 14
To the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) 14
To All Non-state Armed Groups 17
To the Governments of Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh, India, and China 18
To the Government of Thailand 18
To the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) 18
To UNICEF 19
To the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and
Armed Conflict 20
To Member States of the United Nations 20
To the UN Security Council 21
To the International Labour Organization 21
To the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human
Rights in Myanmar 21
III Methodology22
IV Background24
V The Tatmadaw: The State Military 29
The Tatmadaw’s Staffing Crisis29
Recruitment 32
Key Factors in Child Recruitment33
Children as Commodities: The Recruit Market 41
Recruitment of the Very Young 43
The Su Saun Yay Recruit Holding Camps45
Training 50
Deployment and Active Duty 56
Combat 60
Abuses against Civilians62
Desertion, Imprisonment, and Re-recruitment 63
The Future of Tatmadaw Child Recruitment68
The Government of Burma’s Response to the Recruitment and Use of Child
Soldiers 68
The Committee for the Prevention of Military Recruitment of Underage
Children 71
Demobilization73
Reintegration76
Measures for Raising Awareness77
Enforcement of Recruitment Laws and Regulations 81
Government Cooperation with International Agencies 84
VI Child Soldiers in Non-State Armed Groups 94
United Wa State Army 97
Karenni Army 98
Karen National Liberation Army 102
Shan State Army – South 105
Kachin Independence Army 107
Democratic Karen Buddhist Army 109
Kachin Defense Army 111
Mon National Liberation Army 112
Karenni Nationalities People’s Liberation Front 113
Shan Nationalities People’s Liberation Army 115
Rebellion Resistance Force116
KNU-KNLA Peace Council117
VII The International Response120
The United Nations Security Council 120
United Nations Country Team 122
UNICEF 123
ILO 124
Neighboring country and cross-border initiatives 125
VIII Legal Standards 129
Child Recruitment as a War Crime 130
International Standards on Demobilization, Reintegration, and
Rehabilitation 131
Acknowledgements 132
Appendices 133
Appendix A: SPDC Plan of Action regarding child soldiers 133
Appendix B: Human Rights Watch letter to the UN Mission of Myanmar,
August 22, 2007 137
Appendix C: Reply from the UN Mission of Myanmar, September 12, 2007 139
Appendix D: KNPP Deed of Commitment regarding child soldiers 142
Appendix E: KNLA Deed of Commitment regarding child soldiers 146 |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Human Rights Watch |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.1MB), html |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://hrw.org/reports/2007/burma1007/ (Full report, html, English. Link to Summary and Recommendations in Japanese);
http://hrw.org/french/docs/2007/10/31/burma17208.htm (Press release, French, Francais);
http://hrw.org/spanish/docs/2007/10/31/burma17207.htm (Press Release, Spanish, Espanol) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 31 October 2007 |
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| Title: | | Terror |
| Date of publication: | | 14 July 2007 |
| Description/subject: | | Am Montag, dem 24. Januar 2000 besetzen zehn burmesische Terroristen das Zentralkrankenhaus im thailändischen Ratchaburi unweit der Grenze und nehmen Belegschaft und Patienten als Geiseln. Schnell ist in der Presse ausgemacht, dass es sich um die God’s Army’ Rebellen der Zwillinge Johnny und Luther Htoo handeln muß. In einer Kommandoaktion thailändischer Spezialeinheiten werden in der Nacht zum Dienstag alle Geiselnehmer erschossen.
KNLA; God`s Army; Kindersoldaten, Child Soldiers |
| Language: | | German, Deutsch |
| Source/publisher: | | Burma Riders |
| Date of entry/update: | | 21 August 2007 |
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| Title: | | The Mekong Challence - Working Day and Night: The Plight of Migrant Child Workers in Mae Sot, Thailand |
| Date of publication: | | 2006 |
| Description/subject: | | "Migrant children in Mae Sot are faced with excessive
working hours, lack of time off, and unhealthy
proximity to dangerous machines and chemicals.
They also endure the practice of debt bondage and the
systematic seizure of their identification documents.
Indeed many of these children in Mae Sot can most
accurately be described as enduring the "worst forms
of child labour, prohibited by the International Labour Organization's Convention No. 182 - a Convention that the Royal Thai Government ratified in
February, 2001.
These child workers reported that they were virtually forced to remain at the factory due to restrictions placed
on their movements by factory owners, and by threats of arrest and harassment by police and other officials
if they were stopped outside the factory gates. Put succinctly, Mae Sot has perfected a system where children
are literally working day and night, week after week, for wages that are far below the legal minimum wage,
to the point of absolute exhaustion..." |
| Author/creator: | | Philip S. Robertson Jr., Editor |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | International Labour Organisation |
| Format/size: | | pdf (4.45MB) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.ilo.org/public/english/region/asro/bangkok/child/trafficking/downloads/workingdayandnigh... |
| Date of entry/update: | | 04 April 2007 |
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| Title: | | End the use of Children as soldiers |
| Date of publication: | | June 2004 |
| Description/subject: | | "Section I of this primer covers "The Situation of Children and their Communities in Burma". Section II, "Responding to the Situation of Child Soldiers" includes sub-sections on (1) What is a child soldier? (2) Why do children become child soldiers? How are they recruited by the armed forces? (3) What roles do children play in the armed forces? (4) Effect on children who get involved, and (5) Why should Burma stop the use of children as soldiers? Section III, "Finding Solutions," includes sub-sections on (A) International Standards, (B) Recommendations for the State Peace and Development Council, (C) Recommendations for the Non-state armed groups, (D) Recommended actions for civil society stakeholders, and (E) Children as Partners for Peace." |
| Language: | | Burmese, Karen, Karenni |
| Source/publisher: | | Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (2.97 MB) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.hreib.com/images/pb/CS%20Karen%20PMG.pdf (Karen) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 16 February 2005 |
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| Title: | | Zwischen den Fronten. Unterricht für Flüchtlingskinder aus Burma |
| Date of publication: | | March 2004 |
| Description/subject: | | Eine Schule insbesondere für Shan-Kinder in einem Tempel in Nordthailand, Interview mit einer Lehrerin über ihre Erfahrungen als Kindersoldatin bei den Shan-Rebellen und dem Abt des Tempels.
education for Shan children, childsoldiers, Shan refugees in Thailand |
| Author/creator: | | Ralf Willinger |
| Language: | | Deutsch, German |
| Source/publisher: | | Terre des Hommes |
| Date of entry/update: | | 19 May 2005 |
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| Title: | | ISSUES TO BE RAISED CONCERNING THE SITUATION OF ROHINGYA CHILDREN IN MYANMAR (BURMA) |
| Date of publication: | | November 2003 |
| Description/subject: | | SUBMISSION TO THE COMMITTEE ON THE RIGHTS OF THE CHILD
For the Examination of the 2nd periodic State Party Report of Myanmar... Conclusion: "Rohingya children bear the full brunt of the military regime’s policies of exclusion and discrimination towards the Muslim population of Rakhine State. The combination of the factors listed above, which deny them fundamental human rights, gravely damage their childhood development and will affect the future of the Rohingya community.
With regard to Rohingya children, the State Peace and Development Council has failed to implement most of the rights enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Myanmar ratified in 1991. The Government has also ignored the suggestions and recommendations provided by the Committee in 1997, in particular, paragraph 28 in which “The Committee recommends that the Citizenship Act be repealed” and paragraph 34 which stated: “In the field of the right to citizenship, the Committee is of the view that the State Party should, in light of articles 2 (non-discrimination) and 3 (best interests of the child), abolish the categorization of citizens
” and that “all possibility of stigmatisation and denial of rights recognized by the Convention should be avoided”" |
| Author/creator: | | Chris Lewa |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Forum Asia |
| Format/size: | | pdf (151.35 KB) html (280K) , Word (224K) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.crin.org/docs/resources/treaties/crc.36/myanmar_ForumAsia_ngo_report.pdf
http://www.ibiblio.org/obl/docs/Lewa-CRC2004.doc |
| Date of entry/update: | | 17 July 2010 |
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| Title: | | GROWING UP UNDER THE BURMESE DICTATORSHIP |
| Date of publication: | | August 2003 |
| Description/subject: | | The situation facing children
after 41 years of
military rule in Burma...
Some facts and figures on Burma;
Historical background: 41 years of dictatorship;
Standard of living in Burma;
Children in Burma:
1) Education;
2) Child labour;
3) Forced child labour 18;
4) Health 19:
Burmese children in Thailand;
1) Burmese people in Thailand;
2) Education of Burmese children in Thailand;
3) Child labour;
4) Health;
Burmese children in Bangladesh;
Conclusions. |
| Author/creator: | | Samuel Grumiau |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | International Confederation of Free Trade Unions (ICFTU) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (216K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 23 August 2003 |
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| Title: | | "MY GUN WAS AS TALL AS ME" - Child Soldiers in Burma |
| Date of publication: | | 16 October 2002 |
| Description/subject: | | "Burma is believed to have more child soldiers than any other country in the world. The overwhelming majority of Burma's child soldiers are found in Burma's national army, the Tatmadaw Kyi, which forcibly recruits children as young as eleven. These children are subject to beatings and systematic humiliation during training. Once deployed, they must engage in combat, participate in human rights abuses against civilians, and are frequently beaten and abused by their commanders and cheated of their wages. Refused contact with their families and facing severe reprisals if they try to escape, these children endure a harsh and isolated existence.
Children are also present in Burma's myriad opposition groups, although in far smaller numbers. Some children join opposition groups to avenge past abuses by Burmese forces against members of their families or community, while others are forcibly conscripted. Many participate in armed conflict, sometimes with little or no training, and after years of being a soldier are unable to envision a future for themselves apart from military service. Burma's military government, the State Peace and Development Council (SPDC), claims that all of its soldiers are volunteers, and that the minimum recruitment age is eighteen.4 However, testimonies of former soldiers interviewed for this report suggest that the vast majority of new recruits are forcibly conscripted, and that 35 to 45 percent may be children. Although there is no way to establish precise figures, data taken from the observations of former child soldiers who have served in diverse parts of Burma suggests that 70,000 or more of the Burma army's estimated 350,000 soldiers may be children..." |
| Author/creator: | | Kevin Heppner |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Human Rights Watch |
| Format/size: | | html (in sections); pdf (570K) 214 pages |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://www.hrw.org/reports/2002/burma/Burma0902.pdf
http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/10/burma-1016.htm (press release and other links) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | Burmese Children in Thailand: Legal Aspects |
| Date of publication: | | December 2001 |
| Description/subject: | | "People from Burma have become the major group of displaced persons in Thailand. Most of them are currently being sheltered
along the Thai-Burma border, particularly in the Thai provinces of Mae Hong Son, Tak, Kanchanaburi and Ranong. It is
estimated that there are some 40,000 children from Burma under the age of 15 accompanying their parents. In addition,
thousands of unaccompanied children are driven across the border by the desperate circumstances in Burma. ..." |
| Author/creator: | | Nyo Nyo |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | "Legal Issues on Burma Journal" No. 10 (Burma Lawyers' Council) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | Breaking Through the Clouds: A Participatory Action Research (PAR) Project with Migrant Children and Youth Along the Borders of China, Myanmar and Thailand |
| Date of publication: | | May 2001 |
| Description/subject: | | 1. Introduction;
1.1. Background;
1.2. Project Profile;
1.3. Project Objectives;
2. The Participatory Action Research (PAR) Process;
2.1. Methods of Working with Migrant Children and Youth;
2.2. Implementation Strategy;
2.3. Ethical Considerations;
2.4. Research Team;
2.5. Sites and Participants;
2.6. Establishing Research Guidelines;
2.7. Data Collection Tools;
2.8. Documentation;
2.9. Translation;
2.10Country and Regional Workshops;
2.11Analysis, Methods of Reporting Findings and Dissemination Strategy;
2.12. Obstacles and Limitations;
3. PAR Interventions;
3.1. Strengthening Social Structures;
3.2. Awareness Raising;
3.3. Capacity Building;
3.4. Life Skills Development;
3.5. Outreach Services;
3.6. Networking and Advocacy;
4. The Participatory Review;
4.1. Aims of the Review;
4.2. Review Guidelines;
4.3. Review Approach and Tools;
4.4. Summary of Review Outcomes;
4.4.1. Myanmar;
4.4.2. Thailand;
4.4.3. China;
5. Conclusion and Recommendations;
6. Bibliography of Resources. |
| Author/creator: | | Therese Caouette et al |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Save the Children (UK) |
| Format/size: | | pdf (191K) 75 pages |
| Date of entry/update: | | May 2003 |
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| Title: | | Migrant Children in Difficult Circumstances in Thailand |
| Date of publication: | | 1999 |
| Description/subject: | | * Summary of report;
* Chapter 1: Migrant Children in Thailand - a Result of Globalisation...
* Chapter 2: Migrant Child Labor in Thailand...
* Chapter 3: Migrant Children in Prostitution in Thailand...
* Chapter 4: Migrant Street Children in Thailand:
* Indicators of Migrant Children in Thailand;
* Links to organisations working with Migrant Children in Thailand. |
| Author/creator: | | Premjai Vungsiriphisal, Siwaporn Auasalung, Supang Chantavanich |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | The Asian Research Center For Migration (ARCM), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand. |
| Format/size: | | pdf (147.99 KB) |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://books168.com/migrant-children-in-mae-sot-pdf.html |
| Date of entry/update: | | 17 July 2010 |
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| Title: | | No Childhood at All - Child Soldiers in Burma |
| Date of publication: | | June 1997 |
| Description/subject: | | "...The phenomenon of child soldiers in Burma can only be understood within the context of
militarization of the society as a whole. War in Burma has affected every segment of society,
its fallout having severest repercussions for the most disadvantaged groups. The political
instability engendered by civil war has left the country in economic crisis and has isolated
rural conflict areas from receiving badly-needed development assistance. NGO activities
have been severely curtailed, mitigating most attempts to correct the situation.
Consequently, many children in Burma are living in grinding poverty, uneducated and in
poor health, with under-age labour one of their few choices to make ends meet. The everpresent
reality of armed conflict is also deeply embedded in the consciousness of all Burma's
peoples. With 36% of all Burma's inhabitants under the age of l5,1 most of the country's
population have grown up under the shadow of civil war. The rapid expansion of the armed
forces since 1988 has both forced and encouraged recruitment of minors into the ranks. Army
entrance is sometimes perceived by children, especially orphans, as offering a protective
haven from hunger and abuse. Many children therefore see joining the armed forces of any of
the warring parties as their only means of survival. Unfortunately, research suggests that
they are likely to find it just the opposite. While Burma has acceded to the Convention on the
Rights of the Child, as yet there is little indication that its provisions are being followed in
good faith, or that recruitment of children into the Tatmadaw has decreased..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Images Asia, Thailand |
| Format/size: | | pdf (513K) |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | The Child Law |
| Date of publication: | | 14 July 1993 |
| Description/subject: | | "... The State Law and Order Restoration Council hereby enacts the following Law: -- ..." |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | SLORC |
| Format/size: | | pdf (285K) 21 pages |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | Jumping Rope on the Front LIne |
| Date of publication: | | September 1991 |
| Description/subject: | | Children and teenagers of the Kachin State, Northern Burma. 36 interviews with children and teenagers of Kachin State. |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | Project Maje |
| Format/size: | | PDF (737K) 30 pages |
| Date of entry/update: | | 03 June 2003 |
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| Title: | | When Hard Times Hit, Some Children Go to Factories |
| Description/subject: | | RANGOON, Feb 16, 2010 (IPS) - Fifteen-year-old Cho Cho Thet knows little about the world outside of the garments factory where she works.
Thet works 14 hours each day – from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. – seven days a week, but receives a salary of only 35,000 kyat (35 U.S. dollars) a month. The factory owner provides free accommodation and meals that include rice and vegetables.
"Working under a roof is better than working in the rice field under the sun or the rain. I don’t feel tired at all here," Thet told IPS. The girl was recently promoted from helper to operator after two years. |
| Author/creator: | | Mon Mon Myat |
| Language: | | English |
| Source/publisher: | | IPS |
| Format/size: | | html |
| Alternate URLs: | | http://ipsnews.net/print.asp?idnews=50346 |
| Date of entry/update: | | 02 November 2010 |
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