"The 2008 Constitution of Myanmar states in Article 34 states that “Every citizen is equally entitled to freedom of conscience and the right to freely profess and practise religion subject to public order, morality or health and to the other provisions in this Constitution.”1 Despite this provision, the Constitution designates Buddhism as the national religion, and minority communities such as Christians, Muslims, and Hindus, experience high levels of religious persecution.2 In 2015, the Myanmar Parliament adopted a collection of four laws commonly referred to as the Race and Religion Laws, which had been supported by Buddhist nationalist group Ma Ba Tha.3 The first of four, the Monogamy Law, prohibits extramarital affairs. The Religious Conversion Law stipulates that any Myanmar citizen who wishes to convert religions must gain prior approval by the Religious Board and must take part in a three-month long investigation of their religious activities before they are permitted to legally convert religions. The Myanmar Buddhist Women’s Special Marriage Law requires that any Buddhist woman who wishes to marry a non-Buddhist man must gain parental permission if she is under the age of 20. The last, the Population Control Law requires women in certain regions to space out their children’s births at least three years apart; it is important to note that many religious and ethnic groups are confined to specific regions of Myanmar, meaning this law unjustly targets these specific communities. Tens of thousands of Christians located in Northern Myanmar- such as Kachin State or Northern Shan State- have been internally displaced in large groups as a result of violent suppression of ethnic militia activity by the Myanmar military, and at least 300 Christian churches and houses of worship were destroyed amidst the violence.4 The Christians that have sought refuge in displacement camps have ended up in similarly dire situations, without proper access to food and healthcare, and predominantly Christian Kachin women and girls are trafficked abroad..."