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Rahima Akter has become the face of the struggle of Rohingya refugees who want, but are not allowed to pursue education.
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"Rahima Akter hid her Rohingya identity to enrol at a private university in Bangladesh's Cox's Bazar, but her dreams of pursuing higher education were dashed after she was suspended by her university earlier this month.
The 20-year-old from Kutupalong refugee camp has become the face of the struggle of Rohingya refugees who want to study, as Bangladesh does not allow Rohingya to enrol in schools or colleges.
Last October, she was featured in a video story by the Associated Press in which she talked about being a Rohingya and her dream to study human rights so she could raise her voice for her persecuted community.
Nearly a year after it was published, the video went viral after which she was expelled from Cox's Bazar International University where she was studying law.
"I was in college when the video started showing up on people's phones. Suddenly, everyone was asking me, 'Are you Rohingya?' Some people started a negative campaign, saying I should be sent back," said Akter, over the phone.
"I was hiding my identity only so I could study. I feel guilty but I did not have an option. Is getting an education a crime? she asked..."
Source/publisher:
"Al Jazeera English"
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-17
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Individual Documents
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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"Schoolchildren in Baw Du Pha village, Myanmar, have found new reasons to get excited about going to class, thanks to a brand new school building constructed by Islamic Relief.
“Around 80 of us used to huddle in a classroom,” says thirteen-year old Mg Hla Myint, describing the makeshift classroom at her old school in Rakhine state.
The schoolgirl is one of 12,300 people living in one of Sittwe’s two camps for those uprooted from their homes by communal violence.
Thanks to Islamic Relief, she and her classmates now have a new school building with fit for purpose classrooms and brand new desks.
“We shared a small desk. When I moved, I would hit my deskmate’s elbows… [now] our classroom is spacious. I feel fresh throughout the day as it is no longer crowded. I’m so happy!”
The new classrooms can host a student-teacher ratio of 1:55, a huge improvement from the previous 1:90. Head teacher U Chit Swe commended the work of Islamic Relief, adding that children can now thrive in better learning environment.
Islamic Relief, which has been working in Myanmar since Cyclone Nargis struck in 2008, built the school with the support of Organization of Islamic Cooperation Humanitarian Relief Fund (OICHF)..."
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"Reliefweb" via Islamic Relief
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-15
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Individual Documents
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Children, Human rights and education
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"The minister was speaking after meeting with Myanmar’s ambassador, U Myo Myint Than, at the ministry on Tuesday.
The ambassador voiced concern that the centres had ceased operating after 32...
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Labour and security officials are working together to get young Myanmar children back into education after their learning centres were forced to close in Ranong, southern Thailand, Thai Labour Minister MR Chatu Mongol Sonakul said.
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"The minister was speaking after meeting with Myanmar’s ambassador, U Myo Myint Than, at the ministry on Tuesday.
The ambassador voiced concern that the centres had ceased operating after 32 Myanmar teachers were deported on August 26.
The Myanmar nationals – 31 of whom held immigration clearance papers and one a passport – were teaching at 10 learning centres in Ranong without a licence.
They reportedly applied and were registered to work as migrant workers. However, they took up paid teaching jobs instead, breaching the labour law.
MR Chatu Mongol said the 32 teachers were charged, fined 5000 baht each and then deported. The deportation left the centres with no one to run them, forcing them to close.
The labour minister said the ambassador was worried that the Myanmar children’s education would suffer..."
Source/publisher:
"Myanmar Times" via Bangkok Post
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-13
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Children, Children's Rights - studies, Migrant children and youth, Education of migrants from Burma
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A three-year-old girl who it is alleged was raped at her nursery in Myanmar has given evidence via video link at a trial in the capital, Nay Pyi Taw.
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"The case of the toddler, who by law cannot be named, has caused outrage in the country. Campaigners have given her the name "Victoria".
Police say the attack took place in May. A school employee is under arrest charged with raping her.
But DNA evidence has been inconclusive and nursery staff dispute it was him.
Police say a medical examination carried out after Victoria's mother had noticed her injuries and taken her to hospital showed the girl had been sexually assaulted.
'Nursery rape' of toddler leaves Myanmar reeling
There have been widespread protests calling for justice for Victoria and for wider action to arrest an alarming rise in reported sexual assault, particularly towards children.
Myanmar (also called Burma) is still a predominantly rural country and in some communities village elders oversee complaints - the alleged victim can even be encouraged to marry her attacker.
Male rape is not even a recognised crime..."
Source/publisher:
"BBC News"
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-11
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Individual Documents
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Children, Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group, Children's rights: standards and mechanisms
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"CHIANG MAI, Thailand—Five civilians including three children were killed when mortar shells struck their homes in Kutkai Township’s Mawhit village in Shan State on Saturday.
The fighting erupted in Kutkai between the Myanmar military and the Brotherhood Alliance of three ethnic armed groups while the groups’ leaders were holding peace talks with the government in Keng Tung, eastern Shan State, on Saturday.
An 18-year-old woman and her 5-month-old daughter; and a 34-year-old woman and her son, 9, and daughter, 14, from Mawhit village, Kutkai Township in northern Shan State were killed by mortar shells and their homes were destroyed, according to Kutkai residents.
“Three of them died immediately from the shelling and two others died after arriving at a hospital in Kutkai,” said Daw Lum Nyoi, a Kutkai resident.
Three others were injured, of whom two were taken to Lashio Hospital.
“The sound of gunfire was heard since 7 a.m. in Kutkai Town, starting when we were about to take the children to school,” said Mai Mai, a Kutkai resident who is also a relief worker..."
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy"
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-01
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Individual Documents
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Peace processes, ceasefires and ceasefire talks (websites, documents, reports and studies), Non-Ceasefire Groups, Armed conflict in Shan State - ceasefires and ceasefire talks, Children
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"Five civilians, including two children, were killed in northeastern Myanmar Saturday when artillery hit a village amid talks between rebel groups and the government to end the conflict.
Heavy fighting broke out for more than six hours between Myanmar’s military and the Northern Alliance rebel coalition near the town of Kutkai in the northern Shan state early on Saturday, according to local media reports and activists.
The Radio Free Asia Burmese service reported artillery shells landed in the village of Mawhit, killing three women and two children.
It added that three others were injured and taken to hospital in Lashio, the capital of northern Shan.
Lwan Nyel, vice-chair of the Kachin Literature and Culture Association in Shan state, told Anadolu Agency that three shells hit Mawhit..."
Source/publisher:
"ASIA - PACIFIC"
Date of entry/update:
2019-09-01
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Individual Documents
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Non-Ceasefire Groups, Armed conflict in Shan State - ceasefires and ceasefire talks, Children
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"Health workers in the world’s largest refugee camp say they’re struggling to provide proper care for babies born to Rohingya women in Bangladesh.
More than 100 babies are born every day in Rohingya refugee camps in southeast Bangladesh.
That's where hundreds of thousands of Rohingya have sought refuge, since fleeing violence in Myanmar in the past two years.
Al Jazeera's Stefanie Dekker reports from Kutupalong Camp in Cox's Bazar..."
Source/publisher:
"Al Jazeera English"
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-31
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Individual Documents
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Children, Discrimination against the Rohingya, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statelessness
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U Kyaw Tin, Union minister of International Cooperation, submitted the Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw (Assembly of the Union) on Wednesday.
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"“The objective of the protocol is to protect children from being recruited and used in armed conflicts. It is a very important international protocol in protecting children’s rights,” he said.
In ratifying it, Myanmar would promise to protect children’s rights during armed conflicts in accordance with international law, he said.
“By entering into this protocol, we can promote Myanmar’s image in the international community, and it will help us remove our country’s name from the list of those that use child soldiers,” he said. It would also protect citizenship rights.
“We will have to implement legal arrangements and other plans, and educate children and other underage people about this,” he said.
He also said that appropriate plans are needed to release those children forcibly recruited as soldiers, he said.
“Appropriate support is needed for the physical and mental rehabilitation and re-entry into society of the released children,” said U Kyaw Tin..."
Source/publisher:
"Myanmar Times"
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-31
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Individual Documents
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Children, Children's rights: standards and mechanisms, Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to the judiciary (commentaries)
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"Authorities on both sides of the border have failed to stop the trafficking of hundreds of women from Myanmar to China, says a new report released by Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Thursday.
The 112-page report, titled Give Us a Baby and We’ll Let You Go: Trafficking of Kachin ‘Brides’ from Myanmar to China, documents anecdotal evidence from 37 victims of the trafficking trade who later escaped, and several families of trafficking victims. The women, originating from Myanmar’s northern Shan and Kachin States, were typically sold for between $3,000 to $13,000 after being lured across the border by the promise of good jobs.
Many of the victims testify to being locked up, raped and forced to bear the children of their captors.
The report’s author says that China’s now abolished one-child policy, which began in 1979, is a major cause of the current trafficking crisis because it created a gender imbalance in China. Forced to have only one child, Chinese parents often abandoned female babies or had sex-selective abortions in favor of males, leading to a shortfall in the female population of an estimated 30 to 40 million..."
Source/publisher:
"Time"
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-31
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Individual Documents
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Children, Women's rights, Racial or ethnic discrimination in Burma: reports of violations against several groups, Trafficking: Burma-specific material
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Child Rights Law Needs Further Reform, Effective Enforcement
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"After years of discussion and debate, Myanmar has finally enacted a law to protect the rights of children.
Consistent with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, which Myanmar has ratified, the law defines a child as anyone younger than 18 and provides all children born in Myanmar have the right to birth registration.
This is important, but other shortcomings need to be addressed. Myanmar should revise the law to provide all children with the right to a nationality and not be stateless – therefore, full citizenship rights. The children of parents Myanmar does not recognize as citizens, notably Rohingya Muslims, or who face discriminatory application of the law, such as Kaman Muslims or women trafficked to China, are denied Myanmar citizenship. Without citizenship, children have difficulty entering school, obtaining health care, and traveling inside the country as well as abroad. Those born in Myanmar often will be stateless, which international law tries to prevent..."
Source/publisher:
"Human Rights Watch"
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-28
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Individual Documents
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Children, Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group, Legislation under consideration, adopted, amended or repealed
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"The Advancing Community Empowerment (ACE) project supported by USAID is working with Mon National Health Committee (MNHC) in 18 health facilities within three townships in Mon, Kayin and Thanintharyi. Helping to support 25 vulnerable Internally Displaced People (IDP) villages with basic health care, antenatal care for pregnant women, and capacity building of health care workers.
Follow the MNHC team in Ye Township, Mon State as they help vulnerable communities with primary health care and provide skill-building training for 48 active Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) helping to improve hygienic home-labor, providing antenatal screening and referring at-risk mothers to health facilities.
To date under the ACE project, MNHC are one of a total of eight Critical Service Grants (CSG) partners helping to reduce community vulnerabilities in southeastern Myanmar. To find out more about new grant opportunities relating to health, education & livelihoods services to rural communities in underserved and hard to reach communities in the southeastern region of Myanmar/Burma please visit the following link:..."
Source/publisher:
Pact Myanmar
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-21
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Individual Documents
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Public Health, Mon State, Children
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"The Advancing Community Empowerment (ACE) project supported by USAID is working with Mon National Health Committee (MNHC) in 18 health facilities within three townships in Mon, Kayin and Thanintharyi. Helping to support 25 vulnerable Internally Displaced People (IDP) villages with basic health care, antenatal care for pregnant women, and capacity building of health care workers.
Follow the MNHC team in Ye Township, Mon State as they help vulnerable communities with primary health care and provide skill-building training for 48 active Traditional Birth Attendants (TBAs) helping to improve hygienic home-labor, providing antenatal screening and referring at-risk mothers to health facilities.
To date under the ACE project, MNHC are one of a total of eight Critical Service Grants (CSG) partners helping to reduce community vulnerabilities in southeastern Myanmar. To find out more about new grant opportunities relating to health, education & livelihoods services to rural communities in underserved and hard to reach communities in the southeastern region of Myanmar/Burma please visit the following link:..."
Source/publisher:
Pact Myanmar
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-21
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Individual Documents
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Public Health, Mon State, Children
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"The Government of Myanmar, with the help of the World Bank, is rolling out on-grid and off-grid electricity services to rural communities as part of its National Electrification Plan. The plan aims to bring electricity to everyone in Myanmar by 2030, installing modern solar home systems and mini-grids for remote villages that would otherwise have to wait years for a grid connection. The new electricity source will help Ei Po Po Aung to study without disruption, helping her achieve her dream of becoming a teacher in the future. It will also help her family save on daily expenses and enabling them to be more productive..."
Source/publisher:
"World Bank"
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-21
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Individual Documents
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Urban development, Rural development in Burma/Myanmar, Sustainable/alternative development in and for Burma, Children
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"Brave Zu Zu Mi, 10, fled her village after fighting broke out. On her terrifying journey, she protected her siblings as they walked for three days before reaching a camp. Her hope is to become a teacher one day, but access to formal education for displaced children in camps is limited.
Unresolved conflict, poverty and under-development are preventing children, like Zu Zu Mi, in remote parts of Myanmar from benefiting from the reform and peace efforts by the government. Investing in children can help steer Myanmar move towards a more prosperous and stable future. All children, from every community, should benefit from the country’s reform and development..."
Source/publisher:
"UNICEF"
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-20
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Individual Documents
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UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Internal displacement/forced migration of Karen villagers, Armed conflict in Kachin State - human rights violations, Children, Children's rights: resources and organisations
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"In March 2017, the Myanmar Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement’s Department of Social Welfare (MoSWRR–DSW) led the formation of a working group on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for children in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Finance’s Central Statistical Organization (MoPF-CSO) and with technical and financial support from the UNICEF Myanmar Country office. Operating under the Government’s Social Statistics Cluster (SSC), part of the national coordination mechanism on statistics, the working group met four times1, over the course of 2017 and early 2018, agreeing a list of 45 priority indicators for children across 9 SDGs. These correspond to 28 official SDG indicators broken down into 36 after the inclusion of some SDG indicators components as a separate indicator, and with the addition of 9 national indicators from plans and strategies for sectors like Health; Education; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH); Social Protection / Social Welfare.
One major focus of the SDGs is to address inequalities and get governments to commit to the reduction of equity gaps over time. This requires dedicated attention and follow-up through the SDG monitoring process. It requires the disaggregation of data by age (including children), sex and other dimensions as well as a recognition of the universality of the SDGs for all groups of the population in Myanmar and for all countries globally..."
Source/publisher:
UNICEF Myanmar
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-20
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"Child rights monitoring: Evidence underpins all of UNICEF’s work, and our long and productive relationship with Myanmar positions us to support the Government’s efforts to build robust national data systems that reveal the situation of children. UNICEF analyses draw out important findings on children that support our advocacy for initiatives in health, education, water and sanitation. Importantly, UNICEF’s technical assistance supports the Government to create baselines and measure progress related to targets for children in the Sustainable Development Goals.
Improving social protection: In Myanmar, many people, including children, struggle to access social services. UNICEF places a priority on supporting national plans to expand the social protection system, so all children are included. In 2014, Myanmar launched the National Social Protection Strategic Plan, with eight flagship programmes that aim to promote human and socioeconomic development, strengthen resilience to cope with disasters, enable productive investments, and improve social cohesion. With UNICEF and partners’ support, the Government has undertaken an important step towards its implementation with an expanding Maternal and Child Cash Transfer scheme. In 2018, the programme helped boost child and maternal health among 100,000 pregnant women, and children under age two. UNICEF is a lead partner and has been providing full technical and capacity support in the scheme’s design as well as its monitoring and evaluation, including through use of a Management Information System..."
Source/publisher:
"Reliefweb" via UNICEF
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-18
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Individual Documents
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UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children, Children's rights: resources and organisations
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"For children and young people, the protracted
state of limbo has awoken an intense desire
for learning opportunities that prepare them
for the future.
When the huge infl ux of refugees began
in 2017, UNICEF and partners responded
by setting up large numbers of Learning
Centres in the camps. For children unable
to fi nd space in the Centres, other options
have emerged: religious schools (madrasas)
provide free lessons in Koranic studies, Arabic
and other subjects; and private and group
tutors offer classes for those who can afford
them.
By June 2019, the overall education sector
had provided non-formal education to
280,000 children aged 4 to 14. UNICEF
and its partners have ensured access to
learning for 192,000 of those children,
enrolled in 2,167 Learning Centres.
At the same time, this leaves a gap of over
25,000 children not attending any learning
programmes, while an additional 640 learning
centres are needed.
Furthermore, an estimated 97 per cent of
adolescents and youth aged 15 to 18 years
are not enrolled in any type of learning facility.
Parents are concerned that the longer their
children are deprived of education, the
greater the risk that they will be exposed to
exploitation and abuse.
“Educated people have a value wherever they
are,” said Mohamed Hussein, who sends two
of his children to a Learning Centre in Camp
18. “Whether my son goes back to Myanmar
or to Malaysia or anywhere else, the same is
true.”..."
Source/publisher:
UNICEF
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-17
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Individual Documents
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UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Statelessness
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"After fleeing Myanmar, Shahed is studying hard at a camp in Bangladesh and wants to become an engineer or a doctor. Every child has a right to learn, no matter where they are or where they come from..."
Source/publisher:
"UNICEF"
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-17
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Individual Documents
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UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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"25,000 newborns delivered and managed by Emergency Paediatric Care Programme teams
108,611 children and women in conflict-affected areas utilized antenatal care, delivery care, post-natal visits and emergency referrals
928 patients with severe and complicated illnesses received referral support in Kachin, Rakhine,
Shan States
3749 Basic Health Staff and clinical staff from Rakhine, Magway and Kachin States trained in Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition services
Our work to improve child and maternal health and nutrition helps save lives
Child survival and good health are the foundations of individual wellbeing and national prosperity. UNICEF is providing vital and holistic support to significantly improve the health and boost the nutrition condition of children in Myanmar. All our work is firmly anchored in a health systems strengthening approach with a focus on children with the greatest needs.
How we help: Our comprehensive approach boosts results
Ending preventable newborn and child deaths: Myanmar still has a high under-five children mortality rate of 50 per 1,000 live births. Vulnerability is highest among poorer families, and in disaster-prone and conflict-affected areas. Seven out of 15 states and regions contribute to 75 per cent of underfive deaths. Newborn deaths (in the first month of life) contribute to half of all child deaths, with most occurring during delivery and the child’s first day of life. Low delivery in health institutions (37 per cent) and low skilled birth attendance (60 per cent) contribute to this..."
Source/publisher:
"Reliefweb" via UNICEF
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-17
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Individual Documents
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UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children, HIV/AIDS - international, regional and thematic material, Food Security and nutrition in Burma/Myanmar, Public Health
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"Spend a day in the life of a teacher and student in our virtual reality film, "Learning to Hope," set in a camp in Sittwe, Myanmar.
Education cannot wait for any child, any where..."
Source/publisher:
UN Humanitarian
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-16
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Individual Documents
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Children, Human rights and education
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"With its gleaming new shopping malls and high-rise apartment blocks, Yangon has become the symbol of Myanmar's rapid economic growth. Yet in its poorest neighbourhoods, 85 percent of households are borrowing money from loan sharks, just to cover their basic living expenses.
While the loans may rescue them from an immediate financial emergency, the interest rates - which range from five percent daily to 60 percent monthly - trap borrowers in a perpetual cycle of debt. As families struggle to make their repayments, many send their children out to work.
Aung Thet Paing's mother decided to take him and his brother out of school and put them to work as rubbish collectors after her debts began spiralling out of control.
They now spend their days searching for plastic bottles and tin cans that they can trade in for cash. It's a relentless task, particularly in the summer months when temperatures can soar to 40 degrees Celsius [≈ usually fatal human fever].
"I want to go back to school," says Aung Thet Paing.
"When I see my friends, I feel sad. I cry because I can't go to school. Now, I have chosen to work, because there is no one to help mum."
Myanmar has one of the worst rates of underage employment in the world. The government estimates that there are 1.3 million child labourers, many of whom are working to help pay off their parents' debts.
101 East travels to the slums of Yangon to meet the families drowning in debt and those making money from their misery..."
Source/publisher:
"Al Jazeera English"
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-16
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Individual Documents
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Children, Roots and Resources - global and regional experience and analysis, Human Development
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Description:
"A brilliant student without a real school, Rashed visits a UNICEF Learning Centre, an Islamic school and a private tutor to get the education he needs..."
Source/publisher:
UNICEF
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-08
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Individual Documents
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UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma
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Description:
"There are around 14,000 registered Rohingya refugees in India.
The Indian government has given Long Term Visas to 500 Rohingyas.
But, India has made no official comment about the handling of the Rohingya crisis..."
Source/publisher:
Mint
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-08
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Individual Documents
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Burmese refugees in India, Children, Laws, decrees, bills and regulations relating to nationality, citizenship and immigration (commentary)
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"Myshara is 13 and a leader among her peers. But she and other Rohingya children struggle to hold on to their childhood inside the world’s largest refugee camp, Kutupalong, where hope and ambition clash with a harsher reality facing Rohingya refugees..."
Source/publisher:
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-08
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Individual Documents
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Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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"UN aid agencies and NGO partners launched the 2019 Joint Response Plan (JRP) for the Rohingya humanitarian crisis, and are seeking to raise USD920 million to meet the massive needs of more than 900,000 refugees from Myanmar and over 330,000 vulnerable Bangladeshis in host communities..."
Source/publisher:
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-08
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Individual Documents
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma
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Description:
"More than 700,000 Rohingya Muslims fled a military crackdown in Myanmar two years ago. Most of them ended up in refugee camps in Bangladesh, without access to adequate shelter, basic supplies and health care. Now they're also being denied education. From the Bangladeshi government's perspective, setting up schools confers a state of permanence, one that would encourage Rohingyas to settle down..."
Source/publisher:
DW News
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-07
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Children, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh
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''Today’s enactment of the Child Rights Law demonstrates Myanmar’s commendable efforts to align national policies and regulatory frameworks with the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child that Myanmar ratified in 1991.
Under the newly enacted Child Rights Law, a child is defined as anyone under the age of 18. Today, all children born in Myanmar are guaranteed to the fundamental and unconditional right to register at birth. Birth registration is the first right of the child and a stepping stone to enjoying other rights such as the right to health, education and protection.
With the establishment of a minimum age of marriage (18 years) and to employment (14 years), the value of childhood is recognised and helps allow children be children.
The new chapter on proper regulation of care arrangements puts importance for children’s welfare wherever they reside. Stability and certainty regarding who provides for a child’s basic needs is a necessity to make children feel safe.
All forms of violence against children are prohibited.
The introduction of diversion and alternative mechanisms for children in conflict with the law demonstrates a significant departure from a punitive-focused juvenile justice system to a more child-centred, restorative and rehabilitation-oriented one. It also includes a chapter on the protection and assistance of child victims and witnesses who come into contact with the law.
The law also recognizes that children affected by armed conflict need special protection by criminalizing grave violations against children and providing stronger legal protection for children in the context of armed conflict.
“This landmark step today makes this year’s 30th anniversary of the Convention...''
Source/publisher:
"Progressive Voice" via UNICEF Myanmar
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-06
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Individual Documents
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Children, Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group
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The ICJ today published a legal briefing (3 pages in Burmese and 2 pages in English) on Myanmar’s Child Rights Bill, which is under consideration by the Union Parliament.
Description:
"The stated objectives of the Child Rights Bill are welcomed, particularly the commitment to implement Myanmar’s obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
However, based on drafts of the Bill that the ICJ has reviewed, the organization is concerned that if passed into law as presently formulated, the Union Parliament would miss a significant opportunity to protect the rights of those children throughout Myanmar who face discrimination based on race or ethnicity, and who experience human rights violations as a result.
Because the Bill does not sufficiently protect the right of a child to acquire citizenship of Myanmar, the Bill fails to meet its stated objectives, and also fails to comply with and implement the State’s international human rights law obligations under the CRC.
The ICJ provides a recommendation for legislators to amend the Bill before it is passed into law, in order to sufficiently protect the rights of a child to acquire citizenship/nationality, and to implement the State’s obligations under the CRC..."
Date of entry/update:
2019-08-01
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"Sidestepping cowpats and garbage, Myanmar’s only home-grown junior rugby side train on the outskirts of Yangon, preparing to take on children from the city’s well-heeled international schools.
When the Little Dragons aren’t running barefoot on the litter-strewn dirt, the makeshift field on the outskirts of Yangon is sometimes used as a cockfighting ring or a fairground.
But every Sunday, boys and girls aged five to 18 from Yangon’s North Dagon township can be seen playing touch rugby, an incongruous sight in a country where the sport is barely known.
As novice monks file past collecting alms, the players shoo away cantankerous cattle to begin warm-up drills under the tutelage of their coaches, a mix of locals and expatriates.
In the monsoon the training ground is shin-deep in mud, but during the hot season the surface is baked into an unyielding, crusty mosaic. Yet many of the Little Dragons play in bare feet.
Youth worker-turned-coach Aung Kyaw Lin, 24, helped set up the team four years ago to run alongside English and maths lessons, and workshops on fire safety and health.
“Children here used to spend their free time in gaming shops,” he says. “When they started playing rugby, they stopped arguing and worked together.”
Although the organisers ran out of funding to keep their education centre going, the rugby continued.
Few women play sport in conservative Myanmar, yet half of the 40 or so Little Dragons are girls.
Nann Shar Larr He’s older sister used to scold her for wanting to play with the boys, but now most of her family come to watch the training sessions..."
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Barefoot Little Dragons train on litter-strewn, makeshift pitch on outskirts of Yangon – and surprise well-heeled opponents
Date of entry/update:
2019-07-31
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Children, Education in Burma/Myanmar - general
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The 500,000 children in refugee camps in Bangladesh have no access to formal education; only 30% have access to lessons
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"The boy’s eyes lit up when he talked about his dream of becoming a doctor. Seven-year-old “Mohammad” – not his real name – is a Rohingya Muslim from Myanmar. I met him at a learning center at a refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, in early July 2019.
After sharing his aspirations, Mohammed quickly remembered reality. “I know my dreams will never come true,” he said with a faint smile.
Mohammed is among the more than 700,000 Rohingya who have taken refuge in Bangladesh after an ethnic cleansing campaign of rape, killing and torture by the Myanmar military in mid-2017. They joined the more than 200,000 Rohingyas who had previously fled Myanmar’s brutal efforts to rid the Buddhist-majority country of this marginalized Muslim minority.
500,000 kids living in limbo
Of the newly arrived Rohingya, three-quarters are women and children, according to the United Nations.
In a noteworthy humanitarian gesture, the Bangladeshi government has given refuge to these persecuted people. Aided by Bangladeshi community organizations, various UN agencies and other international donors, the Rohingya have been receiving shelter, food, clothes and basic health care since the massive exodus in 2017.
This essential care, which cost an estimated US$920.5 million in 2019 represents a gargantuan global effort. Still, the resources are woefully inadequate.
Most Bangladeshi refugee camps are overcrowded and, as a result, unhygienic..."
Source/publisher:
Asia Times
Date of entry/update:
2019-07-28
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Children, Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Internal displacement/forced migration of Rohingyas, Discrimination against the Rohingya
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"Mid-way through 2019, UNICEF has provided hygiene kits or hygiene items to nearly 306,000 people and provided sustained access to safe water to over 105,000 people, and education support to over 24,000 children between 3-17 years.
• As of the end of June, UNICEF has provided treatment for severe acute malnutrition to nearly 2,000 children between 6-59 months, helped to vaccinate nearly 5,000 children 9-18 months against measles, and provided psychosocial support to nearly 32,500 people.
• While access to several areas of Rakhine state is gradually improving, it is still not being granted to the full state. Despite this, UNICEF, UNHCR, UNFPA, and Malteser International, have successfully carried out needs identification missions to 19 new displacement sites in Buthidaung and Rathedaung Townships and delivered humanitarian assistance in 17 sites reaching nearly 5,000 people.
• Despite the generous contribution of donors thus far, mid-way through the year UNICEF Myanmar remains with a funding gap of 66 percent(US$38.9 million), impacting the ability to fully reach children in need of life-saving and life-sustaining humanitarian assistance..."
Source/publisher:
reliefweb via UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of entry/update:
2019-07-24
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UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children
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"Since arriving to Bangladesh after the August 2017 crisis that forced them to flee their native Myanmar, Rohingya refugees have attempted to rebuild a semblance of normalcy in the squalid camps of Cox’s Bazar District. By 2019, a measure of stability has been achieved, with humanitarian agencies meeting the minimum survival needs of the 700,000 new refugees for food, shelter, water, and basic health care services. In contrast to the improvements in these sectors, refugees’ education needs remain largely unmet. The Government of Bangladesh restricts formal schooling for refugee children and youth; the lack of education has become a major source of concern and despair for refugees. In response, numerous refugee-led networks of community teachers have formed in an attempt to fill the gap in formal education.
A mapping study consisting of survey and interview components was undertaken in March and April 2019 to identify these networks and learn about their role within the refugee community. The networks surveyed comprise 373 teachers educating 9,848 schoolchildren, mainly primary learners but spanning ages 3 to 23. These teachers, many of whom arrived in Bangladesh with significant prior teaching experience, represent a pool of human resources dedicated to improving camp education. They could be engaged by humanitarian agencies working in the education sector to benefit the overall education situation for refugees.
While agencies navigate a highly politicized and complex context throughout each step of camp education planning, community-led education networks operate informally within a comparatively relaxed environment at camp level. While none have formal permission to work, many have received verbal permission from camp government authorities and operate openly. Many utilize the Myanmar government curriculum and state that it is a high priority to continue doing so, viewing adherence to the Myanmar education system as a way to prepare for future repatriation. Few of these education networks have had contact with humanitarian agencies. They are however keen to build external relationships, particularly if doing so enables them to participate in camp education planning and to access resources such as teaching materials, financial support, and teacher training..."
Source/publisher:
Progressive Voice via "Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO)"
Date of entry/update:
2019-07-20
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Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Education and training of migrants and refugees from Burma, Children
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The ICJ today published a legal briefing (3 pages in Burmese and 2 pages in English) on Myanmar’s Child Rights Bill, which is under consideration by the Union Parliament.
Description:
"The stated objectives of the Child Rights Bill are welcomed, particularly the commitment to implement Myanmar’s obligations under the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC).
However, based on drafts of the Bill that the ICJ has reviewed, the organization is concerned that if passed into law as presently formulated, the Union Parliament would miss a significant opportunity to protect the rights of those children throughout Myanmar who face discrimination based on race or ethnicity, and who experience human rights violations as a result.
Because the Bill does not sufficiently protect the right of a child to acquire citizenship of Myanmar, the Bill fails to meet its stated objectives, and also fails to comply with and implement the State’s international human rights law obligations under the CRC.
The ICJ provides a recommendation for legislators to amend the Bill before it is passed into law, in order to sufficiently protect the rights of a child to acquire citizenship/nationality, and to implement the State’s obligations under the CRC..."
Source/publisher:
International Commission of Jurists (ICJ) via Progressive Voice
Date of entry/update:
2019-07-12
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Children, Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group
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"UNODC today launched a new training series tailored for the Myanmar Police Force (MPF) on gender based violence (GBV), which will train officers and police instructors on all aspects of gender awareness and gender based violence, with a focus on case management and victim-oriented investigation techniques. The programme is being implemented by UNODC under the Women and Girls First initiative, which is being managed by UNFPA and of which UNODC an implementing partner.
UNODC has been partnering closely with the MPF to develop an effective response system to GBV by developing police standard operating procedures, training manuals, as well as the review of the police recruitment strategy to promote female participation in the MPF. UNODC will further facilitate training of instructors and frontline officers to prevent and respond to cases of violence against women in Myanmar and its conflict affected regions.
The first training event in Yangon was attended by 36 Myanmar Police Officers, who were actively involved in the learning process. It provided a promising example for future training and reflects the Government of Myanmar's continuing commitment to address violence against women.
In his opening remarks, Brigadier General Mya Win thanked UNODC for organising the session, and highlighted Myanmar's ongoing development process: "In this period of transition towards democracy, we are striving towards equal rights for women, and to respond to crimes against women, it is vital to provide training to the Myanmar Police Force", he said. "Change must start from within, which is why the MPF is trying to achieve greater gender balance by working to ensure that the roles of responsibility are distributed equally between male and female officers." UNODC Myanmar Country Manager Troels Vester drew attention to the gravity and complexity of violence against women by highlighting the fact that one in every two women murdered is killed by an intimate partner or a family member, and investigation in familial situations such as these can be hindered by family history and emotional distress. Despite such difficulties, Mr. Vester expressed his hope that "the training would allow officers to better investigate gender based violence, while respecting human rights."
The three-day workshop will also allow participants to better understand the psychological needs of victims/survivors of GBV. Daw Khin Zar Naing, Assistant Representative at UNFPA, stressed that in preventing violence against women and children, the MPF's important role is not just to protect the life and property of the people, but to also provide "psychological protection". "Those who have grown up in an environment of violence are often being shaped to also become people who perpetrate violence," she said..."
Source/publisher:
UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
Date of publication:
2017-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-25
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UNODC Burma/Myanmar, Women's rights, Children, Discrimination/violence against women: reports of violations in Burma
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"On July 5th, UNODC, UNICEF, UNFPA and the Union Attorney General's Office (UAGO) met in Nay Pyi Taw to discuss combating the rise in violence against Myanmar's women and children. The high-level needs assessment workshop on 'Effective Prosecution Responses to Cases of Violence Against Women and Children' aimed to assess the needs of Myanmar's prosecutors in effectively prosecuting and supporting victims of gender based violence (GBV) and child cases.
During the workshop, dozens of representatives from the UAGO took part in group discussions on the challenges law officers face in responding to cases of violence against women and children. Challenges included inter-agency cooperation, the referral process for survivors, evidence-gathering, and addressing language barriers in courts for ethnic minorities. Exchanges were also made between representatives from UNODC, UNICEF, the UNFPA and the workshop participants on best practices and opportunities to strengthen the justice sector's ability to protect survivors, enact justice, and ensure fair trials.
The workshop builds on a growing history of cooperation between UNODC and Myanmar's criminal justice sector on responding to GBV. Since 2016, a partnership between UNODC and the Myanmar Police Force (MPF) has resulted in several officer trainings on gender and gender-based violence awareness, with a focus on case management and victim-oriented investigation techniques.
The UAGO workshop was in line with the UN's own efforts at reform by promoting inter-agency collaboration and adherence to the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Addressing SDG 5 Gender Equality, SDG 16 Peace Justice and Strong Institutions, and SDG 17 Partnership for the Goals, the joint workshop between UNODC, UNICEF and UNFPA was a successful in utilizing individual UN mandates and strengths to promote an integrated approach to the issues.
In his keynote address, his excellency U Tun Tun Oo, Union Attorney General, stressed how important it is to bring justice to survivors. The Union Attorney General's message highlighted the importance especially in light of figures released earlier this year by the Ministry of Home Affairs, showing a significant rise in the number of reported cases of sexual assault.
To an audience featuring representatives from the UAGO, civil society organisations and the press, the Union Attorney General expressed the Myanmar Government's resolve to "better protect women and children in the future against violence directed at them".
Speaking at the event, UNODC advisor Marie Pegie Cauchois recognised the timeliness of the workshop. The Child Rights Law is expected to be adopted by the Myanmar Parliament later this year and the Prevention of Violence Against Women Law is still being drafted. She highlighted that, "for the successful implementation of these laws, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, capacity building of the justice sector will be needed".
In ending the workshop, UNODC, UNICEF and the UNFPA thanked the members of the justice sector for their active participation and recognised the importance of hearing and exchanging with practitioners to identify needs and avenues for cooperation moving forward. They also shared their readiness to continue work with the UAGO in developing training and other required materials..."
Source/publisher:
UNODC (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime)
Date of publication:
2018-07-05
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-24
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Individual Documents
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UNODC Burma/Myanmar, UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children, Women's rights, Children's Rights - studies
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IOM Myanmar collaborated with Democratic Voice of Burma to explore the ways in which migrants and their families cope with debt in the village of Taung Thar, Mandalay Region.
U Tun Kyaw
Source/publisher:
IOM Myanmar
Date of publication:
2019-05-30
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-22
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Individual Documents
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IOM Burma/Myanmar, Agriculture in Burma/Myanmar: general and research, Urban development, Children
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Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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Ma Khin Thuzar, Thida Win, Aung Thu
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IOM Myanmar
Date of publication:
2019-06-17
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-22
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Individual Documents
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IOM Burma/Myanmar, Labour migration: global and regional studies, Children, Freedom of opinion and expression: - the situation in Burma/Myanmar - reports, analyses, recommendations
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Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
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"In May, UNICEF Myanmar issued a press statement calling for the urgent protection of children in Rakhine State as schools re-open and expressing concern about reports of killing of children as a result of direct targeting and indirect actions, detention and mistreatment of children, and the use of schools for military purposes, since the conflict between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) intensified in 2019.
• UNICEF continues to support distribution of supplies to “newly” displaced populations in central and northern Rakhine State as a result of Tatmadaw/AA fighting, while continuing to advocate for, and request, consistent unfettered access to provide more comprehensive services to those in need.
• Ninety-five percent of IDP students, including 449 girls, participating in UNICEF-supported formal and non-formal primary education activities, passed the Government primary school matriculation examinations this year.
Situation Overview & Humanitarian Needs
In Kachin, residents continue to benefit from the Governmentdeclared ceasefire which has been extended until 30 June 2019.
However, displaced families remain concerned about returning to their areas of origin either due to insecurity, explosive ordinance and remnants of war, or lack of services given the protracted displacement. The total number of displaced in Kachin State has remained constant since November 2018— 97,265 people in 140 camps or camp-like settings. There have been some intermittent or ad-hoc returns; however, contamination of explosive ordinance remains a significant concern. In May, three incidents related to explosive ordinance were reported including the death of a 17-year-old boy. In northern Shan State, fighting between ethnic armed organizations continued with additional displacement.
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) noted that since January 2018, nearly 47,000 people have been displaced due to fighting in Kachin and northern Shan states resulting in a total displacement of over 106,000 people—over 35 percent of whom reside in nongovernment-controlled areas. OCHA reports that in government-controlled areas, access is also increasingly difficult and there are nearly 20,000 people who cannot be accessed due to lack of travel authorization and inconsistent access is impacting service delivery to over 55 percent of those in need. In northern Shan State in particular, many families have suffered multiple displacements. For children, the constant displacements create additional vulnerabilities such as disrupted education, potential separation from families, or increased exposure to landmines.
UNICEF and other international actors continue to be denied access to non-government-controlled areas of Kachin and northern Shan States resulting in an increasing burden on host communities and national NGOs who are responding to the increasing needs. In more remote or rural areas where access is difficult or inconsistent, communities may not be receiving required assistance from the humanitarian community; consequently, updated information on needs is not available.
In Rakhine State, UNICEF and partners retain access to the 2012-established IDP camps principally housing Rohingya IDPs. Access to “newly” displaced people—as a result of conflict between the Arakan Army and Tatmadaw—varies depending on the location; in some areas access is consistently denied. Agencies continue to work with the government and local groups to provide assistance whenever possible given these access challenges; to date this has largely been a commodity-based opportunity-led response rather than comprehensive and sustained service delivery. UNICEF, working with UNFPA, and UNHCR, has received access in both central and northern Rakhine State to conduct “needs verification” trips and in some cases, follow up visits to provide relief items. However, access to some UN and NGO development activities have been impacted by the fighting and additional access restrictions; OCHA reported in May that approximately 50,000 direct or indirect beneficiaries have been affected by access restrictions in Kyauktaw and Ponnagyun townships alone. For access to be granted, agencies must navigate numerous bureaucratic obstacles which prevents any itinerary deviations due to changing circumstances on the ground; as a result, identification of needs and response activities remains a challenge.
On 28 May, UNICEF Myanmar released a statement expressing concern on the reports of killing, detainment, and mistreatment of children as well as the use of schools for military purposes. The statement further urges all parties to ensure the safety of children and protect them from violence. Amnesty International released a report titled “No One Can Protect Us’ on 29 May 2019 which further highlights reported violations of international humanitarian law and a number of human rights abuses as a result of the conflict by the Arakan Army and Tatmadaw since the start of 2019.
Amnesty International reported targeting of civilians, damage to homes and property, obstruction of humanitarian service provision or movement of injured to medical facilities, and other violations..."
Source/publisher:
reliefweb via UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of publication:
2019-06-15
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-21
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UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first)
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English
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"တၢ်တဲဖိတဖၣ်အံၤမ့ၢ်တၢ်တဲလၢအအိၣ်တ့ၢ်ပၥ်စၢၤလၢအပူၤကွံၥ်ဒီးဘၣ်တၢ်တဲကဒါက့ၤအီၤလၢကျိၣ်အပှၤမၤတၢ်ဖိတဖၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤ.မ့ၢ်ဝဲတၢ်တဲလၢဖိသၣ်တဖၣ်အဂီၢ်ဒီးအိၣ်ဃုၥ်စ့ၢ်ကီးဒီးတၢ်သိၣ်လိတဆံးတက့ၢ်လၢတၢ်အိၣ်မူအဂီၢ်န့ၣ်လီၤ.တၢ်တဲဖိတဖၣ်မ့ၢ်တၢ်လၢတၢ်ဖးဘၣ်အီၤဖှံဖှံညီညီဒီးညီလၢတၢ်ကဖးအီၤအဃိလီၤဆီဒၣ်တၢ်,ဖိသၣ်တဖၣ်အဲၣ်ဖးဘၣ်အီၤဒိၣ်မးန့ၣ်လီၤ.ဒီတၢ်အံၤမ့ၢ်တၢ်ဂ့ၤတမံၤလၢကစးထီၣ်သူၣ်ထီၣ်န့ၢ်ဖိသၣ်တဖၣ်အတၢ်အဲၣ်ဖးလံၥ်ဖးလဲၢ်ဒီးအတၢ်ဆိကမိၣ်မှံဖိတဖၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤ.မိၢ်ပၢ်တဖၣ်ဖးဝဲဒီးတဲပၠးက့ၤအဖိသ့ၣ်တဖၣ်သ့ဝဲဒ်သိးကမၤအါထီၣ်တၢ်စၢဃၥ်လိၥ်သးလၢဟံၣ်ပူၤဃီပူၤအဂီၢ်ဒီးကၠိသရၣ်တဖၣ်စ့ၢ်ကီးသူဝဲသ့လၢအတၢ်သိၣ်လိမၤယုၤအပူၤန့ၣ်လီၤ.လံၥ်ဖိတဘ့ၣ်အံၤမ့ၢ်ကဲထီၣ်ဝဲတၢ်ဘျုးတၢ်ဖှိၣ်တၢ်မၤစၢၤလၢဖိသၣ်ဒီးသရၣ်တဖၣ်အဂီၢ်ဒီးမ့ၢ်ဝဲတၢ်သးမုၥ်လၢကျိၣ်တၢ်ရၤလီၤလံၥ်လဲၢ်အဂီၢ်ဒိၣ်မးလီၤ.မ်ပကသူၣ်ထီၣ်သကိးဒ်သိးပဖိတဖၣ်ကအဲၣ်ဖးလံၥ်ဖးလဲၢ်ဒီးခါထီၣ်သကိးပခီၣ်ဆူပပှၤကလုၥ်အတၢ်လဲၤထီၣ်ဆူညါအဂီၢ်တက့ၢ်..."
Drum Publication Group
Source/publisher:
Drum Publication Group
Date of publication:
2008-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-17
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Individual Documents
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Children, Documents in Pwo-Karen and S'Gaw Karen, Other Tibeto-Burmese languages (Zo, Karen etc)
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Sgaw Karen, Burmese မြန်မာဘာသာ
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"The Sgaw Karen translation of five of Oscar Wilde's short stories including The Happy Prince, The Centerville Ghost and others..."
"တၢ်ဃုထၢတၢ်တဲအမုၥ်ယဲၢ်ယုၢ်လၢအဘၣ်တၢ်ကွဲးအီၤလၢအီးစခၣ်ဝါ (Oscar Wide)ဒီးကွဲးကျိၥ်ထံက့ၤအီၤဆူကညီစှီၤအကျိၥ်ဒီးဒုးကဲထီၣ်အီၤလၢတၢ်တဲ အလံၥ်တဘ့ၣ်လီၤ. လံၥ်တဘ့ၣ်အံၤတၢ်တိၥ်ပၥ်မၤအီၤလၢသးစၢ်တဖၣ်အဂီၢ် လီၤ. လံၥ်အံၤတၢ်ကဘၣ်ပၥ်အီၤလၢကိအလံၥ်ရိဒၢးပူၤဒီးကမျၢၢ်အလံၥ်ရိဒၢးအပူၤစ့ၢ်ကီးလီၤ. ပှၤလၢအသးစဲလၢလံၥ်လဲၢ်တဖၣ်န့ၣ်ဃုဖးဝဲသ့လၢလံၥ်ရိဒၢးတဖၣ်အပူၤလီၤ. တၢ်တဲတယုၢ်စုၥ်စုၥ်အကတၢၢ်န့ၣ်တၢ်ကတီၤဃၥ်တၢ်သံကွၢ်လၢပှၤဖးတၢ်ဖိတဖၣ်အ ဂီၢ်အိၣ်ဝဲလီၤ. တၢ်သံကွၢ်တဖၣ်မ့ၢ်ဒ်သိးပှၤဖးတၢ်ဖိတဖၣ်ကစံးဆၢဒီးနၢ်ပၢၢ်အါထီၣ် တၢ်တဲအဂီၢ်လီၤ. တၢ်သံကွၢ်တဖၣ်အတၢ်စံးဆၢဒီးတၢ်နဲၣ်ကျဲန့ၣ်တၢ်ကတီၤဃၥ်စ့ၢ်ကီးအီၤလီၤ. တၢ်မၤန့ၢ်အီၤသ့ဖဲကျိၣ်တၢ်ရၤလီၤလံၥ်လဲၢ်တၢ်မၤက½ူၢ်အအိၣ်လီၤ. လံၥ်အံၤတၢ်တဘၣ်ကွဲးနီၣ်ကွဲးဃါတၢ်လၢအပူၤဘၣ်.တၢ်တဘၣ်မၤဘၣ်အၢမၤဟးဂီၤ အီၤဘၣ်. တၢ်ကဘၣ်ပၥ်ကတီၤအီၤဒ်သိးခါဆူညါပှၤသးစၢ်တဖၣ်ကဘၣ်ဖးအီၤဒံး အဂီၢ်လီ..."
Drum Publication Group
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Drum Publication Group
Date of publication:
2009-09-30
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2019-06-17
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"Written by members of the Karen community largely as part of Karen literature workshops held both within Burma and the Thai border refugee camps, this collection includes over 60 original stories for young children in Sgaw Karen language..."
"လံၥ် “တၢ်တဲအမုၥ်လၢဖိသၣ်ဆံးအဂီၢ်”အံၤဘၣ်တၢ်ဒုးအိၣ်ထီၣ်အီၤဒ်သိးဖိသၣ်
တဖၣ်ကဖးဘၣ်အဂီၢ်တကးဒံးဘၣ်ဒ်သိးကၠိသရၣ်မ့တမ့ၢ်မိၢ်ပၢ်တဖၣ်ကဖးဒီးတဲ
ယုၤန့ၢ်ဖိသၣ်တဖၣ်အဂီၢ်န့ၣ်လီၤ. တၢ်ထၢနုၥ်စ့ၢ်ကီးဒီးတၢ်ဂီၤတၢ်ဖီၣ်ဖိတဖၣ်ဒ်သိးက
ထုးန့ၢ်ဖိသၣ်အသူၣ်အသးဒီးကဆိကမိၣ်မှံန့ၢ်ဝဲတၢ်တဲဖိတဖၣ်ကသ့အဂီၢ်န့ၣ်လီၤ.
တၢ်တဲဖိလၢလံၥ်တဘ့ၣ်အံၤအပူၤန့ၣ်ဘၣ်တၢ်ထၢဖှိၣ်အီၤလၢပှၤကညီဘျၢထံခဝ့ရှၢၣ်
ကၠိသရၣ်လၢအဟဲထီၣ်တၢ်ကိၢ်ခါတၢ်မၤလိတဖၣ်အတၢ်ကွဲးဒီးဖိသၣ်လၢအကွဲးပြၢတၢ်
တဲလၢ ၂၀၀၂ အတၢ်ကွဲးတနီၤန့ၣ်လီၤ..."
Drum Publication Group
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Drum Publication Group
Date of publication:
2009-10-07
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2019-06-17
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"A collection of ten Grim Brothers fairytale in Sgaw Karen language..."
Drum Publication Group
Source/publisher:
Drum Publication Group
Date of publication:
2009-10-08
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-17
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"ပှၤကညီတစိၤဘၣ်တစိၤအတၢ်အိၣ်မူအိၣ်ဂဲၤအတၢ်ဖံးအီၣ်မၤအီၣ်တဒ်သိးလိၥ်သး
ဘၣ်.ဒ်တစိၤဘၣ်တစိၤအတၢ်ဆီတလဲအိၣ်အသိးပှၤကညီအတၢ်လုၢ်အီၣ်အသးသ
မူစ့ၢ်ကီးဆီတလဲအသးန့ၣ်လီၤ.တၢ်ဆီတလဲသ့ၣ်တဖၣ်အံၤတဘျီဘျီလဲၤအသးချ့
မးတုၤဒၣ်လဲၥ်တၢ်ဆိကမိၣ်အီၤတချုးဘၣ်.အဃိလိၣ်လၢပကကွဲးနီၣ်ကွဲးဃါက့ၤ
တၢ်လဲၤခီဖျိတဖၣ်အံၤန့ၣ်လီၤ.လၢတၢ်န့ၣ်အဃိတဘျီအံၤကၠိသရၣ်ဒီးသးပှၢ်အတၢ်
ကွဲးပြၢကွဲးဝဲဘၣ်ဃးဒီးပှၤကညီအတၢ်အိၣ်မူအိၣ်ဂဲၤ,တၢ်ဖံးအီၣ်မၤအီၣ်သ့ၣ်တဖၣ်
အဂ့ၢ်န့ၣ်လီၤ..."
Drum Publication Group
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Drum Publication Group
Date of publication:
2008-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-17
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"International Women’s Health Coalition and Human Rights Watch welcome the opportunity to provide input to the Special Rapporteur on the sale and sexual exploitation of children on the topic of safeguards for the protection of the rights of children born from surrogacy arrangements.
We appreciate the Special Rapporteur’s attention to new issues arising from innovations around assisted reproduction. We share the view that these developments raise important human rights issues.
International Women’s Health Coalition and Human Rights Watch have decades of experience examining issues relevant to this topic in countries around the world. IWHC has a long history advocating to advance sexual and reproductive rights at the global and regional levels. The organization currently supports grantee partners’ advocacy on these issues in Argentina, Brazil, Cameroon, Egypt, Fiji, India, Kenya, Lebanon, Nigeria, Pakistan, Peru, Poland, South Africa, Turkey and Uruguay. We are also currently doing documentation work on the impact of the global gag rule in Nepal, Nigeria, Kenya and South Africa, as well as documentation on the impact of refusals to provide care on the ground of conscience in Chile.
Human Rights Watch has extensive experience documenting human rights abuses including trafficking of children and women, sexual exploitation of children and women, violations of the sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls, and criminalization of sexual and reproductive actions and decisions. We have conducted research on these topics in Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Chile, China, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Indonesia, Ireland, Mauritania, Mexico, Myanmar, Nepal, Nicaragua, Ireland, Papua New Guinea, Poland, South Africa, Sierra Leone, the United States of America and Zimbabwe.
The issue of surrogacy arrangements, particularly compensated surrogacy arrangements, requires careful consideration of several sets of intersecting rights, and the interests of multiple rights holders. This is particularly important given that human rights analysis around surrogacy is relatively nascent and given the key principles of universality and interdependence of human rights. We have reviewed the Special Rapporteur’s previous work on this issue and appreciate the strong focus that work has brought to the rights and interests of children born of surrogacy arrangements. Our goal, in this submission, is to highlight the other rights and rights holders also essential to this discussion.
We are concerned by any over-broad view of the applicability of the prohibition on the sale of children to surrogacy that would unnecessarily, disproportionately or in a discriminatory fashion limit the options of surrogacy as a means of founding a family and exercising reproductive rights. The optional protocol prohibits “any act or transaction whereby a child is transferred by any person or group of persons to another for remuneration or any other consideration.” People acting as surrogates may do so for no remuneration (money paid for work or a service) or no consideration (money in exchange for benefits, goods, or services), and in other cases may receive compensation that constitutes fair recompense for lost wages and other opportunity costs, health care and nutrition expenses, and restitution for the significant burdens and risks associated with pregnancy. We submit that such arrangements do not and should not in and of themselves constitute sale of children under the optional protocol.
In this submission we outline our recommendations regarding: 1) relevant human rights that should inform discussions around surrogacy; 2) relevant rights holders who should be part of discussions regarding surrogacy; and 3) longstanding human rights principles that should guide and inform legal and policy framework development on this issue..."
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Watch
Date of publication:
2019-06-03
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-11
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Human Rights Watch Reports on Burma/Myanmar, Sex work, Children, Discrimination/violence against women: standards, mechanisms and commentary - international and Myanmar-specific
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"For the past two months, 18-month-old Noor Bu Shar has been receiving supplementary feeding and treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition (SAM) at the Maungdaw Action Contre La Faim Out-patient Therapeutic Programme (OTP) supported by UNICEF.
At the time of her admission to the programme, Noor Bu Shar weighed only seven kilogrammes. Gradually, as a result of treatment, her weight and general condition improved according to her mother, Dil Kaayas. “She is more playful now and already her weight has increased by one kilogram,” said Dil Kaayas with a smile.
In 2019, with funding support from the Government of Japan, the partnership between UNICEF and Action Contre la Faim is reaching 458 children under the age of five in the northern part of Rakhine State with treatment for SAM through the provision of Ready-to-Use Therapeutic Food (RUTF), health monitoring, nutrition assessments, psychosocial counselling and health education.
In 2018, despite limited access in some conflict-affected areas, UNICEF and partners were able to reach 2,740 boys and girls under-five, who required treatment for Severe Acute Malnutrition like Noor Bu Shar, providing them with lifesaving therapeutic nutrition; and continued building local Government capacity in the Integrated Management of Acute Malnutrition (IMAM) and Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) as part of the essential health services package in Myanmar..."
Source/publisher:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of publication:
2019-05-29
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-10
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General studies and surveys on health in Burma, Children, Nutrition, UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
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"ၢ်ဃုထၢ်အံစိး (ဖ်) အတၢ်တဲမုၥ်နၢ်ဖိတနီၤလၢ်အကွဲးအသး
လၢ်အဲကလံးကျိၥ်အံၤဒီးတၢ်ကွဲးကျိၥ်ထံက့ၤအီၤဆူကညီစှီၤကျိၥ်
ဒီးဒုးကဲထီၣ်အီၤလၢ်တၢ်တဲပူလံၥ်ဖိတဘ့ၣ်အံၤန‹ၣ်လီၤ၃ လံၥ်တ
ဘ့ၣ်အံၤမ့ၢ်လံၥ်တဘ့ၣ်လၢ်တီၤခၢ်ၣ်သးကၠိဖိတဖၣ်အဂီၢ်န‹ၣ်လီၤ၃
လံၥ်အံၤဘၣ်ထွဲဒီးကၠိန‹ၣ်လီၤ၃ တၢ်ကဘၣ်ပၥ်ကတီၤအီၤလၢ်ကၠိ
ပူၤန‹ၣ်လီၤ၃ တၢ်ပၥ်အီၤသ့စ့ၢ်ကီးလၢ်တၢ်ဖးလံၥ်အဒၢ်းပူၤန‹ၣ်
လီၤ၃ ပှၤကၠိဖိမ့ၢ်ဂ့ၤ˜ ပှၤလၢ်အသးစဲလၢ်တၢ်ဖးလံၥ်ဖးလဲၢ်တဖၣ်
မ့ၢ်ဂ့ၤဃုဖးဘၣ်ဝဲလံၥ်အံၤသ့လၢ်တၢ်ဖးလံၥ်အဒၢ်းပူၤန‹ၣ်လီၤ၃
လံၥ်အံၤတၢ်တဘၣ်ကွဲးနီၣ်ကွဲးဃါတၢ်လၢ်အပူၤဘၣ်၃ တဘၣ်မၤ
ဘၣ်အၢ်မၤဟးဂီၤအီၤဘၣ်၃ ကဘၣ်ကတီၤအီၤဒ်သိးခါဆူညါ
ကၠိဖိတဖၣ်ကဖးအီၤကသ့အဂီၢ်န‹ၣ်လီၤ၃..."
Drum Publication Group
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Drum Publication Group
Date of publication:
1999-11-30
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2019-06-10
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"တံၤသကိးသ့ၣ်ဧၢ, ယမံၤမ့ၢ်လ့လ့ၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤ. ယကသံကွၢ်သုတၢ်သံကွၢ်စံးဆၢ
တနီၤမ့ၢ်သုစံးဆၢယၤကဘၣ်စ့ၢ်ကီးဧါ.ယဆိကမိၣ်တၢ်သံကွၢ်ဖိတနီၤကကီဝဲ
ဒီးတနီၤကညီဝဲဒၣ်ဒိၣ်မးလီၤ..."
Drum Publication Group
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Drum Publication Group
Date of publication:
2005-04-30
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2019-06-10
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"Dear UNICEF partners,
As Myanmar writes a new chapter in its history, and
as the World adopts its Sustainable Development
Goals agenda, UNICEF Myanmar‘s report for 2015
“Delivering Results for Children” is an opportunity
to reflect on progress and results within the 2011-
2017 Programme of Cooperation between the
Government of the Union of Myanmar and UNICEF.
This year, the cooperation has been driven by three main considerations: 1/ the
importance of turning policies and plans into tangible changes in children’s lives,
as longer term reforms proceed; 2/ the need to respond to humanitarian needs
- arising from protracted situations and from the massive floods and landslides
that affected the country, while further mainstreaming risk reductions strategies into
development plans; and 3/ the central place of children in determining factors for
Myanmar’s sustainable development - peace, social cohesion, and human rights.
Releases of children and young people from the armed forces have continued,
with more than 146 released this year alone, and falling one child short of the 700
mark since the signing of the Joint Action Plan in 2012. In targeted townships,
the proportion of children aged 3-5 years accessing early childhood facilities
increased to 37.5% in 2015 from 17% in 2014. More than 95% of children aged 9
to 15 (approximately 13 million) were protected from measles and rubella through
vaccination campaigns. More than 280,000 children in 27 townships benefitted from
the first ever deployment of social work case managers. The proportion of children
under 5 registered continued to increase, reaching 79% in 2015..."
Bertrand Bainvel
Source/publisher:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of publication:
2015-12-01
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-10
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UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children, Education in Burma/Myanmar - general, Public Health, Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group
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"မုၢ်မဆါတနံၤအံၤပထံၣ်ဘၣ်လၢဟီၣ်ခိၣ်ဘ့ၣ်အပူၤတၢ်သူၣ်ထီၣ်ပှၤတ၀ၢအတၢ်ကရၢ
ကရိတဖၣ်ဒီးဒ်န့ၣ်အသိးလၢကီၢ်ပယီၤအပူၤဒီးကီၢ်ပယီၤ-ကီၢ်ကၠီၣ်တဲၣ်ကီၢ်ဆၢတၢ်
လီၢ်ကဝီၤတဖၣ်စ့ၢ်ကီးတၢ်သူၣ်ထီၣ်ဝဲဒၣ်ပှၤတ၀ၢအတၢ်ကရၢကရိတဖၣ်အါမးလၢကီၢ်
ပယီၤကလုၥ်ဒူၣ်တဖၣ်အဘၢၣ်စၢၤန့ၣ်လီၤ.ဒ်ကညီဖိလၢပျၢၤတဖၣ်အတၢ်အိၣ်မူအိၣ်
ဂဲၤ, အတၢ်အိၣ်တၢ်ဆိဒီးတၢ်ဖံးအီၣ်မၤအီၣ်တဖၣ်လၢပနၢ်ဟူဘၣ်လၢသူၣ်က့သးပှၢ်
တဖၣ်အအိၣ်အသိး, ကလုၥ်ဒူၣ်အဂၤလၢကီၢ်ပယီၤအပူၤတဖၣ်စ့ၢ်ကီးမ့ၢ်တၢ်ဒ်န့ၣ်အ
သိးလီၤ. ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ခီဖျိလၢပှၤသူၣ်က့သးပှၢ်လၢပျၢၤတဖၣ်တအိၣ်ဒီးတၢ်မၤနီၣ်မၤဃါ
အလၢအပှဲၤအဃိ, တၢ်ဂ့ၢ်တၢ်ကျိၤလၢပနၢ်ဟူဘၣ်တဖၣ်မ့ၢ်ဒ်တၢ်တဲမုၥ်နၢ်အသိးလီၤ.
တၢ်ဃဲၤပူတဖၣ်အံၤကလီၤဂၥ်ဘၣ်ပှၤလၢတၢ်တဲမုၥ်နၢ်ဘၣ်ဆၣ်တၢ်သ့ၣ်တဖၣ်အံၤမ့ၢ်ပှၤ
သူၣ်က့သးပှၢ်လၢပျၢၤတဖၣ်အတၢ်လဲၤခီဖျိနီၢ်နီၢ်လၢအလဲၤခီဖျိဘၣ်တ့ၢ်ဝဲန့ၣ်လီၤ.
..."
Drum Publication Group
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Drum Publication Group
Date of publication:
2009-10-31
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"fun and interesting facts on the earth and the universe in Sgaw Karen and English languages..."
Drum Publication Group
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Drum Publication Group
Date of publication:
2011-12-16
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2019-06-10
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"Seven-year-old Ma Han Su Lwin is very proud of her ‘Miss Clean’ award.
“I’m feeling good about myself and happy to help other students learn how to improve their personal hygiene,” said Han Su Lwin.
Every month the students at Sin Taung Middle School in Demawso Township in Kayah State observe their daily behaviours and decide among themselves who gets the ‘Mr Clean’ or ‘Miss Clean’ champion awards. It’s a keen competition that builds awareness of water and sanitation issues and personal hygiene.
Since the recent installation of new sanitation facilities at the school by UNICEF and the beginning of the hygiene awards, teacher Daw Myint Myint Hlaing is very enthusiastic about the dramatic changes she has witnessed.
“The clean and comfortable facilities definitely encourage our children to follow good personal hygiene practice. They are learning more about the importance of cleanliness and I’m seeing them enjoying using the facilities,” said Daw Myint Myint Hlaing.
“Before this, we didn’t have enough clean drinking water available and our hygiene standards were low. The toilet facilities used to be very basic and dirty. Solid and liquid waste was collected in a single bucket and there was only one handwashing facility, with no soap or running water. Understandably, adolescent girls would choose to miss classes during their menstruation,” the teacher explained.
UNICEF’s WASH in Schools programme in Myanmar sees the installation of raised water tanks with piping to support male and female latrines, hand-washing stations, drinking water machines, water filters and menstrual hygiene management kits. The programme also includes hygiene education, menstrual hygiene management awareness training for students and teachers, and training of school maintenance staff on the operation and maintenance of the WASH facilities.
Over 9,488 children in twenty-seven schools in Kayah State benefit from the improved water, sanitation and hygiene facilities through this programme.
A recent ‘Mr Clean’ award winner, nine-year-old Maung Thurein Min revealed, “I’ve been learning about keeping my body clean. These are new and interesting things for me. When I’m clean, I feel much happier in my life,” reflected Maung Thurein Min..."
Khin Mar Win, A Mar Zaw
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UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
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2019-05-07
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2019-06-10
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"It costs money to make sure children are having their rights met. All governments have public money. They have to make important decisions about how to use it..."
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UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of publication:
2015-01-01
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2019-06-10
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"This report, which is based on the in-depth study of Paulo Sérgio Pinheiro,
independent expert appointed by the Secretary-General pursuant to GeneralAssembly resolution 57/90 of 2002, provides a global picture of violence against
children and proposes recommendations to prevent and respond to this issue. It
provides information on the incidence of various types of violence against children
within the family, schools, alternative care institutions and detention facilities, places
where children work and communities. The Study is accompanied by a book which
provides a more detailed account of the Study.
The Study was prepared through a participatory process which included
regional, subregional and national consultations, expert thematic meetings and field
visits. Many Governments also provided comprehensive responses to a questionnaire
transmitted to them by the independent expert in 2004.
The independent expert is grateful for the broad support for his work provided
by Governments, regional bodies and intergovernmental bodies, as well as from
United Nations entities, civil society organizations and children..."
Source/publisher:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund) via United Nations (A/61/299)
Date of publication:
2006-06-01
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2019-06-10
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"February proved to be a turbulent month in northern Shan and Rakhine States with both locations tracking additional displacements. In Rakhine, fighting between the Arakan Army and Tatmadaw continued with fighting in five of the 17 townships. Fighting also continued in northern Shan state between armed ethnic organizations leading to the displacement in February of 3,700 people bringing the total displacement in the first two months of the year to approximately 7,500 people. In contrast, Kachin State has not experienced armed conflict since September 2018 resulting in the lowest level of fighting since 2016.
In Kachin, the unilateral ceasefire declared by the Myanmar Military (Tatmadaw) in December 2018 continues to hold. It is unclear if, when the ceasefire ends in April, fighting will restart. The Tatmadaw and Kachin State Government are encouraging people to leave IDP camps and return home or to other resettlement sites. Though similar encouragement has been given in the past, the lack of information among IDPs has created an environment of fear and anxiety in many locations. Though IDPs continue to state their desire to return to their place of origin, safety and security issues remain among the principal concerns.
In northern Shan, of the 7,500 people displaced, most have been able to return home. However more than 1,100 remain in camps or camp-like settings—due principally to fighting in Hsipaw and Kyaukme townships—most newly displaced are sheltering in monasteries and are receiving assistance from the local community, private donors and civil society organizations. Assistance has also been provided by some international organizations as well as the Government of Myanmar. IDPs noted the need for additional sanitation, bathing and washing facilities, sleeping mats and interagency partners expressed concern about the length of displacement given the volatility in these areas. Fighting and displacement continued in late February causing injuries to civilians and children.
In Rakhine State, fighting between the Arakan Army and the Tatmadaw continued with the use of explosive devices and shelling. In late February the fighting expanded into a sixth township, Mrauk-U, resulting in the temporary displacement of families, including women and children. Access in all six townships—Mrauk U, Kyawktaw, Ponnagyun, Rathedaung, Maungdaw and Buthidaung—remains limited to mainly urban areas for UNICEF and our partners. The clashes occurred on a near daily basis throughout February displacing over 6,000 people, primarily ethnic Rakhine, to villages, monasteries or camp-like settings. Interagency partners continue to face access restrictions in these areas and are tracking the impact of movement restrictions on both humanitarian and development programming. In addition to fighting within Rakhine State, the Arakan Army and Tatmadaw are fighting in Paletwa Township of southern Chin State. Fighting has thus far caused the displacement of approximately 500 people including ethnic Chin, Khami, Mor, and Rakhine..."
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reliefweb via UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of publication:
2019-03-15
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-10
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"In Rakhine State, fighting between the Myanmar Military or Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army (AA) continues and has spread to include Buthidaung, Rathedaung, Kyauktaw, Mrauk-U, Minbya and Ponnagyun. To a lesser extent, fighting has also impacted communities in neighbouring Paletwa township of Chin state. The majority of fighting has occurred in more rural or mountainous areas, however recent fighting has spread to Minbya and Mrauk-U. Reports indicate the use of air strikes, increased use of landmines and other improvised explosive devises. During the month of February, the number of displaced persons increased by over 10,000 with reported displacement of nearly 17,000. (Note: though this Sit Rep covers the month of March, as of April 23 figures had increased to nearly 32,000. End Note).
The Government of Myanmar, local communities, the Red Cross Movement, and the World Food Programme are responding to food and non-food emergency needs. UNICEF and other actors are working with the Government to access populations in need, especially as the IDP figures grow. In central Rakhine, OCHA is leading a process of contingency planning while in northern Rakhine UNICEF is working with UNHCR, UNFPA, and national and international actors to determine additional needs and response priorities. The current pattern of displacement indicates that primarily women and children are moving to monasteries or other ad-hoc settlements while men stay to protect households and assets. Additionally, some IDPs are quickly returning to their homes if the fighting subsides. As fighting continues unabated, concern is growing over the safety of families residing in paddy fields or overcrowded sites with inadequate services. The upcoming monsoon rains could create potentially hazardous conditions without addition support and appropriate planning. In locations not impacted by the current fighting, several agencies have resumed activities where possible.
In a “note to correspondents” released on 19 March, the Acting Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator expressed his concern about the fighting and reported civilian casualties and displacement. He urged all parties to ensure the protection of civilians and uphold responsibilities under international humanitarian and human rights law, as well as allowing access to populations in need. In the central Rakhine IDP camps created in 2012, hosting primarily Rohingya IDPs, the situation remains unchanged. Over 128,000 people remain in overcrowded and under-resourced camps. As the end of the dry season approaches, agencies are preparing to address potential water shortages in Pauktaw IDP camps.
In Chin State, more than 500 people remain displaced due to recent fighting. UNICEF field office staff report that an additional 2,000 people are constrained by fighting and insecurity. UNICEF is working with Sittwe-based NGO partners as well as Government of Myanmar officials in Paletwa and the state capitol Hakha to coordinate evaluation of needs, planning, and response activities.
In Kachin State, a period of calm holds as the unilateral ceasefire declared by the Tatamadaw remains in place. However, humanitarian access, particularly to areas not under government control remains blocked by the Government of Myanmar resulting in a constrained response. National NGO humanitarian agencies continue to provide services in these areas. In review of the travel authorization requests by the humanitarian community, over half have not been approved by the Government. In Kachin and Shan, this results in effective access to less than 45 percent of the people in need.
In Shan State, fighting between ethnic armed organizations or EAOs resulted in an increasing number of IDPs, including in south Shan State. Over 10,000 people have been displaced from six townships; the majority of these have now returned home. Fighting in early March displaced over 600 people in southern Shan State to two locations where they are receiving support from the Government, NGOs and private organizations. In northern Shan State, the displacement, or re-displacement of hundreds of people—many of whom have fled multiple times. Local groups who are generally the first to provide assistance are reporting a strain in response capacity as their resources are stretched by numerous repeated displacements in a short period of time. Though many IDPs have already returned to their homes, for those that remain displaced, they are generally sheltering in religious sites. Interagency assessments note that NFIs and WASH are the most needed support. In Shan, during the month of March, the Mine Risk Working Group noted three deaths and nine injuries due to conflict, landmines and UXO out of a total of five deaths and 22 injuries in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine..."
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reliefweb via UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of publication:
2019-04-23
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2019-06-10
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"During the month of April, the unilateral ceasefire called by the Myanmar Military in December for four months and then extended through June generally continued to hold in all areas of the country except Rakhine. In Kachin, this ceasefire has led to a relatively longer period of calm than has been experienced in several years. While this is a positive step forward, UNICEF and other humanitarian actors continue to have difficulty accessing different population groups—for assessment or response activities; this is particularly true in areas not under government control. In Shan State, though military action taken by Myanmar armed forces has halted, fighting and conflict among different armed ethnic groups continues to cause small-scale displacement for communities. Many of these communities have been displaced multiple times. While local communities are among the first to respond and support displaced populations, they have noted to humanitarian colleagues that their ability to provide assistance is becoming strained as resources are stretched due to the increasing frequency of displacement.
In Rakhine State, fighting between the Tatmadaw and Arakan Army (AA) continued in April causing a near doubling of displaced people. Impacted townships include Mrauk-U, Minbya, Ponnagyun, Kyauktaw, Rathedaung and Buthidaung and impacts mostly ethnic Rakhine populations, though Rohingya and other minority groups have also been affected. In Chin State, the number of IDPs in Paletwa township also doubled in April. Sixteen international non-governmental organizations released a statement on 1 April urging all parties to the conflict to ensure protection of civilian and be provided with unfettered and sustained access to all affected populations. The statement further identifies that at least 95,000 people living in the affected areas are unable to access basic and essential services which could jeopardize their health, food security and wellbeing.
The Government of Myanmar, local communities, the Red Cross Movement, and the World Food Programme (WFP) continue to be the providers of first response but are calling for an increase in the number of nationals and international organizations to be allowed to access populations in need. With the onset of the rainy season, agencies are particularly concerned about the potential for disease outbreaks and contamination due to overcrowded, poor shelters in some locations, and a lack of required services. Support to over 128,000 Rohingya IDPs in camps in central Rakhine continues..."
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reliefweb via UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of publication:
2019-05-20
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2019-06-10
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"Ms. June Kunugi is the UNICEF Representative appointed to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar since September, 2017.
Prior to this appointment, Ms. Kunugi served as UNICEF Special Representative in the State of Palestine, responsible for managing programmes and operations covering humanitarian, development, and normative areas of activity for UNICEF. She oversaw an office of over 80 staff in four locations: East Jerusalem, Gaza, Nablus, and Hebron.
Before this, Ms. Kunugi was Deputy Director of UNICEF’s Public-Sector Alliances and Resource Mobilization Office (PARMO) in New York headquarters, where she worked on public sector funding strategies, policies and partnerships. She was also PARMO Director a.i. for nine months, overseeing three offices in New York, Brussels and Tokyo.
From February 2009 to April 2010, she was Director of UNICEF Tokyo Office, in charge of public sector alliances and resource mobilization in Japan and the Republic of Korea.
She served as UNICEF Representative to Bosnia and Herzegovina from December 2006 to February 2009. She was Representative to Oman from June 2003 to December 2006, as well as Area Representative a.i. for the Gulf countries of Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates from September 2004 to December 2006.
From June 2000 to June 2003, Ms. Kunugi was an Executive Officer in the Office of the Executive Director, at UNICEF New York Headquarters, working with the Deputy Executive Director (External Affairs). She was part of the team that organized the 2002 Special Session of the UN General Assembly on Children.
She joined UNICEF in 1991 as a consultant with the Division of Public Affairs in New York headquarters. In 1993 she went to UNICEF Viet Nam as an Assistant Information & Communication Officer under the Junior Professional Officer programme sponsored by the Government of Japan. She was appointed to UNICEF Bangladesh in 1996, where she was first Information Officer and then Chief of Information and Advocacy..."
June Kunugi
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UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of publication:
2017-01-01
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2019-06-10
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"Before Ma Thet Thet Aung became a full-time mother, she used to work as a teacher. “But, I really wanted to become a police woman. I think the uniform exude confidence,” says Ma Thet Thet Aung with a smile. “Ever since I became a mother, I look after my daughter; help my mother with house chores and take part in our community group discussions.”
Ma Thet Thet Aung lives in Wan Pan Akhar village about an hour drive from Keng Tung town in eastern Shan State. The community group discussions, usually take place at the residence of the village head. It is also the same place where Ma Thet Thet Aung takes Ei Thet Mon, her 15 months old baby, for her growth monitoring.
“Ei Thet has always been a healthy baby, weighing 6.4 lbs at birth. The health workers always put her weight record in the green zone of the growth chart. She does not cry or get grumpy as much. I am thankful, especially, for the sessions I attended during her first six months. I received useful advice on how to take care of a child in the early months,” says Ma Thet Thet Aung, referring to the Infant and Young Child Feeding (IYCF) support group sessions provided by the Malteser International with funds from Department for International Development (DFID) through UNICEF. The villagers refer to Ei Thet Mon as one of the healthiest babies and everyone finds it hard to put her on the weighing scale that is tied to a longyi.
Ei Thet Mon is being put into a hammock-like longyi tied to a weighing scale with the help of a health educator and a mother at a growth monitoring session in Wan Pan Akhar village in Keng Tung, eastern Shan State.
"It is amazing how she keeps growing. She was just 9 lbs three months ago and now she is already 10.5 lbs. I am glad I knew how to take care of her when she fell sick last month.”
But, not every mother has an all positive story as Ma Thet Thet Aung. Recently, her six months-old nephew’s weight record has dropped down to the red zone compared to his last. But help was not too far. Right away, health educators consulted her sister-in-law, Ma Soe Soe Khaing on what she needs to do to bring her son’s weight back to the green zone. Ma Thet also shares her experience with Ma Soe Soe Khaing regularly..."
Nyan Zay Htet
Source/publisher:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of publication:
2019-05-03
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-09
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"When children live in conflict affected areas or in camps for the Internally Displaced Persons (IDP), their education will be one of the first things to be compromised. But when communities and local officials realize the future of those vulnerable children can be brighter through education, then it will be possible to keep children learning even in difficult circumstances.
In Kachin State, following the conflict in April 2018, children from villages in Njang Yang Township, including students and teachers from Zup Mai Yang village, took shelter in Tang Hpre IDP camp. Initially, the children were not able to start the 2018-2019 academic year. However, with the collaboration of the local community, State Parliamentarians and district education authorities children like Hkun Mai are now able to learn within the camp..."
Fre Yilma
Source/publisher:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of publication:
2019-05-06
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-09
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"In March 2017, the Myanmar Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement’s Department of Social Welfare (MoSWRR–DSW) led the formation of a working group on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for children in collaboration with the Ministry of Planning and Finance’s Central Statistical Organization (MoPF-CSO) and with technical and financial support from the UNICEF Myanmar Country office. Operating under the Government’s Social Statistics Cluster (SSC), part of the national coordination mechanism on statistics, the working group met four times1, over the course of 2017 and early 2018, agreeing a list of 45 priority indicators for children across 9 SDGs. These correspond to 28 official SDG indicators broken down into 36 after the inclusion of some SDG indicators components as a separate indicator, and with the addition of 9 national indicators from plans and strategies for sectors like Health; Education; Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH); Social Protection / Social Welfare.
One major focus of the SDGs is to address inequalities and get governments to commit to the reduction of equity gaps over time. This requires dedicated attention and follow-up through the SDG monitoring process. It requires the disaggregation of data by age (including children), sex and other dimensions as well as a recognition of the universality of the SDGs for all groups of the population in Myanmar and for all countries globally..."
Source/publisher:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of publication:
2019-02-06
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-09
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UNICEF together with the Ministry of Health and Sports and the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Conservation convened key representatives from national Government, Yangon and Mandalay Municipalities, several universities, development partners, donors and UN agencies to take stock of the current situation and to chart a way forward with practical solutions to address the increasingly serious health concerns from indoor and outdoor air pollution in Myanmar.
Outdoor and indoor air pollution are directly linked with pneumonia and other respiratory diseases that account for almost 1 in 10 deaths among children under the age of five globally, making air pollution one of the leading concerns for children’s health. In Myanmar, almost all rural households use highly polluting biomass for cooking. Additionally, smog-forming emissions from old vehicles and the burning of waste (household, industrial, agricultural, etc.) deteriorate the air quality in urban areas. Acute respiratory infection is one of the most common childhood illnesses and the third leading cause of death for children under five. The most recent data shows that 62 per cent of child deaths from acute lower respiratory infections in Myanmar can be attributed to indoor air pollution. For children under the age of five, household air pollution is the fourth-highest risk factor behind low birth weight, childhood underweight, and suboptimal breastfeeding.
“With rapid development already occurring, it is important to address air pollution in Myanmar for the health and safety of Myanmar’s people. We have immediate choices before us to develop sustainably and with adequate consideration to our environment,” said Dr. Maung Maung Soe, Mayor of Yangon City, in his opening remarks. “We need effective partnerships—public and private—international, national, municipal, and local—to build on the momentum growing and fill the critical gaps urgently.”
The East Asia and Pacific region is home to some 4.3 million children under the age of five living in areas where outdoor air pollution exceeds six times the international limits set by the World Health Organization. While some countries are making progress, most face critical challenges in their fight against air pollution due to the lack of availability and use of quality data on air quality and health impacts and cross-sectoral mechanisms to develop and implement clean air solutions that meet the needs of children and most vulnerable populations.
Sharing the experience of actions taken in Mongolia to address the air pollution crisis in that country, UNICEF’s Representative to Mongolia, Alex Heikens, outlined effective areas of effort to reduce the impact of air pollution on children: mitigating the immediate health impacts while reducing specific causes of pollution sustainably; reducing exposure through awareness raising in communities and schools; and strengthening health services.
The potential for youth engagement as agents of change was also highlighted by students who have been involved in the new bottom-up air quality monitoring around Yangon. Connect University students have taken the issue into their own hands by contributing data that has alerted the community on high levels of pollution that people were previously not aware of without the monitoring.
Source/publisher:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of publication:
2019-05-20
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-09
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Children, UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group, Public Health
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Echoing the concerns of UN organisations regarding the escalation of violence and civilian casualties in Rakhine State, UNICEF Myanmar is deeply concerned about reports of killing of children as a result of direct targeting and indirect actions (crossfire, landmines, cluster munitions, improvised explosive devices or other indiscriminate explosive devices), detention and mistreatment of children, as well as the use of schools for military purposes, since the conflict between the Tatmadaw and the Arakan Army intensified in recent months.
Killing and maiming of children is a grave violation of children’s rights. Civilian infrastructures such as schools and hospitals are not places for the military. Their presence puts children, teachers, doctors and other service providers at risk.
UNICEF urges all parties to the conflict to ensure the safety of children caught up in conflict, and to uphold their right to protection from all forms of violence at all times. UNICEF calls for children to have access to psychosocial support and mine risk education in schools and communities in all conflict-affected areas. We also call on all parties to protect civilian facilities against the impact of conflict.
UNICEF is working with partners to provide assistance to all children in need as quickly as possible, wherever possible. Along with providing life-saving services, UNICEF has pre-positioned essential learning packages, school kits, and recreational kits in UNICEF and Government warehouses in Rakhine State.
UNICEF is also working with partners across Rakhine State to provide much-needed counselling, psychosocial support, and information on the risks of mines to thousands of children, youth and caregivers affected by the conflict. But we need unfettered and predictable access in order to scale up our work so that all children across Rakhine, receive the life-saving assistance, education, care and special protection they need.
Source/publisher:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of publication:
2019-05-28
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2019-06-05
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"တၢ်စံးဝဲတဘျီပှၤပိၥ်ခွါသးပှၢ်အိၣ်ဝဲတဂၤအဝဲလဲၤ
ဃုဖံးဃုမၤတၢ်လၢတခီထံတခီကီၢ်ယံၥ်ဝဲသၢနံၣ်
ဘၣ်ဆၣ်အဝဲပၥ်ဖှိၣ်ကျိၣ်စ့လၢအဂီၢ်တန့ၢ်နီတ
ဘးဘၣ်အဃိဘၣ်ဟဲက့ၤကဒါက့ၤဆူအဟံၣ်ထဲဒၣ်
စုယၢ်ခီန့ၣ်လီၤ.
ဖဲအဝဲဟဲက့ၤလၢကျဲန့ၣ်တၢ်ဘှံးအသးဒီးအဝဲအိၣ်
ဘှံးလၢချၢၣ်ခီၣ်ထံးအခါလၢချၢၣ်အံၤအဂံၢ်ခီၣ်ထံးန့ၣ်ထံၣ်ဝဲဒၣ်သပၢၤတဖျၢၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤ.
အဝဲလဲၤမၤတၢ်သၢနံၣ်သၢလါသနၥ်က့တဒိးန့ၢ်ဘၣ်က့ၤတၢ်အဘူးအလဲလၢအဂီၢ်နီ
တမံၤဘၣ်.ခဲအံၤလၢတၢ်တပၥ်သူၣ်ပၥ်သးအပူၤထံၣ်ဝဲစ့သပၢၤတဖျၢၣ်အဃိလၢ
တၢ်သးခုဖးဒိၣ်အဝဲထုးထီၣ်ဝဲစ့သပၢၤလၢသ့ၣ်ဂံၢ်အကဆူးန့ၣ်လီၤ.ဖဲန့ၣ်အခါတၢ်
ကလုၢ်သီၣ်ထီၣ်လၢချၢၣ်အခံဒ်အံၤ,“ဟံးန့ၢ်စ့သပၢၤတဂ့ၤ,တမ့ၢ်နတၢ်ဘၣ်.မ့ၢ်ဒၣ်
တူၥ်စုမုၢ်ဖိအဂီၢ်လီၤ.”ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ပှၤသးပှၢ်တဂၤအံၤတကနၣ်တၢ်ကလုၢ်လၢအနၢ်
ဟူဝဲလၢချၢၣ်တထူၣ်အံၤဘၣ်.အဝဲကျဲးစၢးထုးထီၣ်ဒၣ်စ့သပၢၤတုၤအန့ၢ်တစုဒီးဟဲ
က့ၤစိၥ်ဝဲဆူအဟံၣ်န့ၣ်လီၤ.ဖဲအက့ၤတုၤလၢကျဲတ၀ၥ်အခါမ့ၢ်လၢတၢ်ခံးယိၥ်ထီၣ်
လံအဃိအဝဲနုၥ်လီၤဖဲဟံၣ်တဖျၢၣ်ဝံၤ,“ယဟဲလၢတၢ်လီၢ်ယံၤအဃိဝံသးစူၤဟ့ၣ်
ဒုးမံယၤဖဲအံၤတနၤတက့ၢ်.”အဝဲဃ့ကညးဟံၣ်ကစၢ်ဒ်သိးကတူၢ်လိၥ်အီၤတနၤန့ၣ်
လီၤ.ဟံၣ်ကစၢ်လၢအသးဂ့ၤတဂၤတူၢ်လိၥ်အဝဲအတၢ်ဃ့ကညးန့ၣ်လီၤ...."
Tim Moffatt
Source/publisher:
Drum Publication Group
Date of publication:
2009-04-10
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-03
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Documents in Pwo-Karen and S'Gaw Karen
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Sgaw Karen
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"ကညီဖိလၢပျၢၤအတၢ်အိၣ်တၢ်ဆိး,အတၢ်အိၣ်မူအိၣ်ဂဲၤဒီးအတၢ်ဖံးအီၣ်
မၤအီၣ်အဂ့ၢ်အကျိၤတဖၣ်အါတက့ၢ်ပနၢ်ဟူက့ၤလၢတၢ်ဃဲၤပူအပူၤဒီးလၢလုၢ်လၢ
ထါအပူၤလီၤ.ညီနုၢ်ပှၤသးပှၢ်လၢညါတဖၣ်အတၢ်ကွဲးနီၣ်ကွဲးဃါလၢလံၥ်လၢလဲၢ်
တၢ်တထံၣ်န့ၢ်အီၤဘၣ်.တၢ်ဃဲၤပူတဖၣ်လီၤဂၥ်ဒ်တၢ်ဃဲၤမုၥ်နၢ်,ဘၣ်ဆၣ်ပမ့ၢ်ကွၢ်
ထံဆိကမိၣ်အီၤန့ၣ်မ့ၢ်ဒၣ်ပမိၢ်ပၢ်ဖံဖုလၢညါတဖၣ်အတၢ်လဲၤခီဖျိနီၢ်နီၢ်န့ၣ်လီၤ.ပမှံၤ
ပပှၢ်တဖၣ်မ့ၢ်တဲတၢ်ဃဲၤပူန့ၣ်အုၣ်ထီၣ်ဝဲဒီးထါဒ်သိးဖိလံၤတဖၣ်မၤနီၣ်တၢ်ဂ့ၢ်မိၢ်ပှၢ်
တဖၣ်ကဘၣ်အဂီၢ်လီၤ.ဒ်ဖိလ့တ့,လၢအကွဲးလံၥ်ကညီတၢ်ဃဲၤပူတဖၣ်,ပၥ်ဖျါဝဲ
အသိးထါမ့ၢ်တၢ်လၢအမၤဖုၣ်လီၤတၢ်ကတိၤ,ဒီးထါတထံၣ်လီၤပလိၥ်ဒီးတၢ်ကတိၤ
နွံထံၣ်ဒီးပတုၢ်အခီပညီန့ၢ်နွံမံၤန့ၣ်လီၤ.
သရၣ်ဒိၣ်သမါထီဒီးမိၢ်ပၢ်ဖံဖုလၢပျၢၤတဖၣ်အတၢ်ကတိၤဒီးဝီၢ်သြဲတ
ဖၣ်အခီပညီယိၥ်ဒီးဖိလံၤခဲအံၤတနီၤနၢ်ပၢၢ်ဘၣ်အီၤကီဝဲန့ၣ်လီၤ.အဃိတၢ်ဂ့ၢ်လၢ
အအိၣ်လၢလံၥ်တဘ့ၣ်အံၤအပူၤတနီၤပဟံးန့ၢ်လၢသရၣ်ဒိၣ်သမါထီလၢညါကွဲး
တ့ၢ်ဝဲ,တနီလၢမဲးကစံတဖၣ်အပူၤဒီးတနီၤပှၤသးပှၢ်တဲယုၤက့ၤပှၤဝံၤပကွဲးကဒါ
က့ၤဆူခါခဲအံၤအကျိၥ်န့ၣ်လီၤ.
လံၥ်အံၤတၢ်စူးကါဒီးသိၣ်လိမၤယုၤကၠိဖိသ့လၢတီၤခၢၣ်သးဆူတီၤထီ
န့ၣ်လီၤ.လၢလံၥ်အကတၢၢ်န့ၣ်အိၣ်စ့ၢ်ကီးဒီးတၢ်ဟ့ၣ်ကူၣ်တဆံးတက့ၢ်,ပမုၢ်လၢ်
လၢကကဲဘျုးဝဲလၢကၠိသရၣ်အဂီၢ်မ့ၢ်ဂ့ၤ,ဒီးပှၤမၤလိတၢ်ဖိတဖၣ်အဂီၢ်မ့ၢ်ဂ့ၤန့ၣ်
လီၤ.ပမုၢ်လၢ်လၢလံၥ်အံၤကကဲဘျုးစ့ၢ်ကီးလၢပှၤကိးဂၤလၢအဃုဖးပှၤသးပှၢ်လၢ
ညါအတၢ်ဃဲၤတဖၣ်,တကတီၢ်ဃီကကဲဘျုးလၢတၢ်ဖးလိၥ်ကွဲအီၤအဂီၢ်န့ၣ်လီၤ..."
Tim Moffatt
Source/publisher:
Drum Publication Group
Date of publication:
2008-02-29
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-03
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Individual Documents
Category:
Children
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Font:
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"ပမုၢ်လၢ်လၢနကဖးဘၣ်လံၥ်ဖိတဘ့ၣ်အံၤပှဲၤဒီးတၢ်မုၥ်သူၣ်မုၥ်သးအလၢအပှဲၤ
န့ၣ်လီၤ.လံၥ်ဖိတဘ့ၣ်အံၤတမ့ၢ်ဖိသၣ်အတၢ်အိၣ်ဆူၣ်အိၣ်ချ့အလံၥ်မ့တမ့ၢ်ဖိ
သၣ်တၢ်ဒိၣ်ထီၣ်တဆီဘၣ်တဆီအဂ့ၢ်လဲၢ်လဲၢ်ဃဲၥ်ဃဲၥ်တဖၣ်န့ၣ်ဘၣ်.မ့မ့ၢ်တခီ
မ့ၢ်တၢ်ဒုးသ့ၣ်နီၣ်ထီၣ်က့ၤမိၢ်ပၢ်တဖၣ်လၢတၢ်ဆၢကတီၢ်လၢတၢ်စူးကါအီၤလၢဖိ
တဖၣ်အတၢ်ဒိၣ်ထီၣ်လဲၤထီၣ်န့ၣ်မ့ၢ်တၢ်အရ့ဒိၣ်အဂ့ၢ်န့ၣ်လီၤ.နစူးကါတၢ်ဆၢ
ကတီၢ်တဖၣ်လၢကသူၣ်ထီၣ်မိၢ်ပၢ်ဒီးဖိအတၢ်ရ့လိၥ်ဒီးကတဲၥ်ကတီၤန့ၢ်အီၤလၢ
အဝဲသ့ၣ်ကမၤနၢၤတၢ်လၢအတၢ်အိၣ်မူအပူၤသ့လီၤ.မ်ပဝဲမိၢ်ပၢ်တဖၣ်ပကစူး
ကါတၢ်ဆၢကတီၢ်ဖိလၢအအိၣ်ဒီးပှၤဒီးဒိၣ်ထီၣ်သကိးဒီးပဖိတဖၣ်တဆီဘၣ်တ
ဆီန့ၣ်တက့ၢ်.ု..."
Tim Moffatt
Source/publisher:
Drum Publication Group
Date of publication:
2012-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2019-06-03
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Documents in Pwo-Karen and S'Gaw Karen
Language:
Sgaw Karen
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Description:
"Children story book in Karen..."
Win World
Source/publisher:
Saint Paul Public Library and The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library
Date of publication:
2014-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2019-05-27
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Languages, Documents in Pwo-Karen and S'Gaw Karen
Language:
Sgaw Karen
Format :
pdf
Size:
1.92 MB
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" Children story book..."
Saw Powder
Source/publisher:
the Saint Paul Public Library and The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library
Date of publication:
2019-05-20
Date of entry/update:
2019-05-27
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Type:
Individual Documents
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Children, Documents in Pwo-Karen and S'Gaw Karen
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Sgaw Karen
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" In Karen Book Shelf" Facebook page, you can learn children story to tell your kids, and Karen transitional cooking class.."
Karen Book Shelf
Source/publisher:
Drum Publication Group
Date of publication:
2019-05-15
Date of entry/update:
2019-05-06
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Type:
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Children, Other Tibeto-Burmese languages (Zo, Karen etc), Documents in Pwo-Karen and S'Gaw Karen
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''The sudden and dramatic infl ux of more than 700,000
Rohingya refugees from Myanmar in the latter part of
2017 wrought terrible environmental damage to a region
that was already battling some of the severest effects of
climatic change.
In the hills south of Cox’s Bazar town, several thousand
acres of forest and vegetation were cleared to make way for
bamboo and tarpaulin camps needed to accommodate the
refugees (more than half of whom are children). The exposed
sandy soil has left them at risk of landslides and fl ash fl ooding,
especially during the monsoon months.
“The woodland and vegetation are essential for stabilizing
the sandy and undulating terrain,” says UNICEF’s Nazzina
Mohsin, who specializes in environmental issues. “Over time,
the loss of so much green cover could also affect the amount
of rainfall the area receives.”
In one corner of the sprawling Kutapalong refugee camp, a
solitary Banyan tree towers above a sea of plastic shelters,
a poignant remnant of the forest that used to dominate the
area.
The coastline of Cox’s Bazar District - whose 120 kilometre
beach is one of the world’s longest - has been under assault
from rising sea levels and salt water intrusion for years. Along
the coastal road leading to the southern town of Teknaf, teams
of labourers are often at work, stacking concrete blocks in an
attempt to hold back the encroaching waves.
Local residents also say weather patterns have noticeably
changed over the years, with shorter winters and warmer
summers. And while the authorities have made efforts to
provide cyclone shelters for the Bangladeshi population,
the shelters are insuffi cient for the needs of the refugee
community during the lengthy monsoon season...''
Source/publisher:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund)
Date of publication:
2019-04-05
Date of entry/update:
2019-04-06
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Climate Change science - Sea-level rise, UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children
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English
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"ဖိသၣ်နီၢ်ဆံးသးစၢ်ခဲအံၤတဖၣ်ဒိၣ်ထီၣ်ဘၣ်၀ဲလၢစိၤတၢ်လဲၤထီၣ်လဲၤထီခ့ခါဆၢကတီၢ်အဃိတၢ်ဆၢကတီၢ်မ့ၢ်ချုးဒီးတၢ်မ့ၢ်ကၢၣ်အသးန့ၣ်သူလၢာ်ကွံာ်၀ဲအတၢ်ဆၢကတီၢ်တဖၣ်လၢတၢ်ကွၢ်ကွဲၤဟူဖျါတၢ်ရဲၣ်တၢ်ကျဲၤကွၢ်တၢ်ဂီၤမူလၢနီၢ်ကစၢ်ဟံၣ်ပူၤဂဲၤလိာ်ကွဲခီၣ်ဖၠူထၢၣ်တၢ်လိာ်ကွဲ( TV Game )န့ၣ်လီၤႉမ့တမ့ၢ်ဘၣ်တခီမိပါဟးလိာ်ကွဲက့ၤအ၀ဲသ့ၣ်ဆူတၢ်ဟးကသုၣ်အလီၢ်လၢအမ့ၢ်၀ဲဆၣ်ဖိကီၢ်ဖိကရၢၢ် ကမျၢၢ်တၢ်အိၣ်ကသုၣ်ဖိကရၢၢ်ဖိသၣ်တၢ်လိာ်ကွဲကရၢၢ်ဒီးဆူတၢ်လီၢ်ဒ်န့ၣ်တဖၣ်လီၤႉ
တၢ်န့ၣ်မ့ၢ်တၢ်ဂ့ၤဒိၣ်မးလၢဖိသၣ်နီၢ်ဆံးတဖၣ်ကမၤအါထီၣ်ဘၣ်အတၢ်သ့ၣ်ညါနၢ်ပၢၢ်ဒီးခိၣ်နူာ်အတၢ်ဂုၤထီၣ်ပသီထီၣ်အဂီၢ်န့ၣ်လီၤႉဘၣ်ဆၣ် ဒ်န့ဆၢၣ်တၢ်ဘၣ်ထွဲအဖီခိၣ်တၢ်ဂ့ၤအိၣ်ဒီးတၢ်အၢအိၣ်၀ဲအသိးတၢ်လဲၤထီၣ်လဲၤထီအိၣ်ဒီးတၢ်ဆံးလီၤစှၤလီၤအိၣ်၀ဲစ့ၢ်ကိးလီၤႉဒ်စိၤခ့ခါစဲးဖီကဟၣ်တၢ်လဲၤထီၣ်လဲၤထီအတၢ်ပီးတၢ်လီဒီးစဲအ့ၣ်ပတီၢ်ထီတၢ်ကူၣ်သ့တၢ်မၤလိတဖၣ်မၤလဲၤထီၣ်လဲၤထီတဖၣ်အံၤမၤဆံးလီၤစှၤလီၤမၤဟါမၢ်ကွံာ်၀ဲၦၤတကလုာ်အတၢ်ဆဲးတၢ်လၤ အထူသနူလီၢ်လံၤဃံလၤတဖၣ်အိၣ်အါမးလၢဖံဖုမိၢ်ပၢ်လၢညါတစိၤဟ့ၣ်သါတ့ၢ်ၦၤန့ၣ်လီၤႉ..."
KIC
Source/publisher:
KIC (Karen Information Center)
Date of publication:
2019-03-01
Date of entry/update:
2019-03-18
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Individual Documents
Category:
Educational resources and materials (Burma- and non-Burma-related), Children, Documents in Pwo-Karen and S'Gaw Karen
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Sgaw Karen
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''During the month of January, UNICEF continued to support children in IDP camps in central Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States across sectors. UNICEF and partners are providing mental health and psycho-social support to nearly 13,000 people in Rakhine State, the majority of whom are in areas of northern Rakhine. Over 20,000 children, aged 3 to 17 years continue to access UNICEF-supported learning opportunities.
In January, UNICEF Executive Director Henrietta H. Fore visited Myanmar and advocated on the urgent need to grant agencies unfettered humanitarian access, and to expand the coverage and quality of basic services for all children; including in rural areas and those affected by conflict. In Rakhine state, she saw first-hand how children from different communities bear the scars of violence and communal tensions. However, access to conflict-affected rural townships in Northern Rakhine remains suspended for UNICEF and some 20 other humanitarian actors despite increased advocacy with both State and Union representatives.
For its 2019 response, UNICEF has set activity targets aimed at ensuring that all children in need of humanitarian assistance as identified in the 2019 Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) are reached; including those not currently being reached by other partners. As such, to reach all targeted children, UNICEF requires over US$59 million in 2019, nearly double the required amount in 2018. No funding has been received in 2019 to date...''
Source/publisher:
reliefweb
Date of publication:
2019-02-15
Date of entry/update:
2019-02-24
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Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Refugees from Burma: general reports, Children, Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group
Language:
English
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1.06 MB
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" Every people or race have their own culture , letter and traditional. If you don't have your culture and letter, you will disappear on the world.So, To our Karen people to know our culture, literate and tradition, our leader create this book. This book is for karen literate for beginner..."
This site is create for to keep karen Literate sustainable and who want to learn Eastern Poe Karen.
ဟ္ုမုီ.ယို၀္လ္ုဆိုဒ္ေဍလ္ုဆိုဒ္ဏ္ွအ္ွ ေ၀ံေဍအ္ုဆိုဒ္လိက္လာဲထုာ.လ္ွလိက္လာဲေအလ္ုအ္ွ၀းဏ္ွဟိွဳင္.ခိုင့္ေအးဆ္ုလ္ုလိ္က္လာဲယို၀္ဏ္ွ မဲြာေ၀့ဟ္ုဆိုဒ္သာမိုင့္အ္ု၀ီ.ခုာလ္ွ...”
Karen Literature
Source/publisher:
Poe Karen Literature
Date of publication:
2012-11-15
Date of entry/update:
2019-02-18
[field_licence]
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Other Tibeto-Burmese languages (Zo, Karen etc), Documents in Pwo-Karen and S'Gaw Karen
Language:
Eastern Poe Karen
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FOREWORD: "One year ago this week, a startled international
community watched a dramatic humanitarian crisis
unfold on the north-eastern edge of the Bay of Bengal. In
a matter of weeks, hundreds of thousands of desperate
and terrorized people ? 60 per cent of them children ?
poured across the border from Myanmar into Bangladesh,
bringing with them accounts of the unspeakable violence
and brutality that had forced them to fl ee.
Twelve months on, memories of those experiences remain
raw among the roughly one million Rohingya refugees ?
including many from previous cross-border infl uxes ? who live
in cramped and primitive shelters inside the congested and
often insanitary camps of Cox?s Bazar.
The unstinting support of local Bangladeshi communities, and
a multi-national aid effort led by the Government, has averted
the more dire fears for the Rohingyas? safety and well-being.
Disease outbreaks have been largely kept at bay and famine
has been averted. Safe water, sanitation, nutrition and other
basic services have been installed, even if large gaps remain.
For about one third of children up to the age of 14, a network
of learning centres and child-friendly spaces offer a chance
to begin healing, and a respite from their harsh surroundings.
A semblance of normality has descended on the camps and
the neighbouring communities, but it?s a normality that cannot
last indefi nitely. The refugees live on a knife-edge, gripped
by uncertainty about their future, and still traumatized by
their experiences in Myanmar. Their homes ? many built on
precarious hillsides -- risk being washed away by the monsoon
rain, or destroyed by a cyclone. A cholera or measles epidemic
remains a real possibility.
With no end in sight to their bleak exile, despair and
hopelessness are growing among the refugees, alongside
a fatalism about what the future has in store. Older children
and adolescents who are deprived of opportunities to learn or
make a living, are at real risk of becoming a ?lost generation”,
ready prey to traffi ckers and those who would exploit them for
political or other ends.
This UNICEF Child Alert calls for a concerted effort to
build a new foundation for the rights and opportunities of
Rohingya children over the longer term. By taking resolute
action together, we ? the international community as well
as the Governments of Bangladesh and Myanmar ? can give
Rohingya children?s lives a stability and sense of hope that is
currently absent. At the same time, we can strengthen the
solidarity between Rohingya children and those living in host
communities (whose situation is often not much better than
that of the refugees).
Central to our call is the promise of a quality, multi-lingual
education, built around the acquisition of essential life-skills,
and competencies in literacy, language and numeracy.
Of course, a lasting solution to the plight of the Rohingya
requires tackling the root causes of the Rohingya crisis inside
Myanmar itself. The refugees cannot and will not agree to
return home until the discrimination and violence that they
have experienced for decades are ended, until their basic
rights -- to citizenship, free movement, health, education, and
jobs ? have been established, and their property restored.
But it is not only in Myanmar that diffi cult choices are
needed. As our Call to Action makes clear, Bangladesh and
the international community have critical responsibilities to
address. This is a crisis that will require a complex, multilayered
approach underpinned by long-term fi nancial resources
and infrastructural development, and bold political will.
Given the untenable situation in which the refugees fi nd
themselves, and its implications for both countries, this is a
challenge that must be addressed, and rapidly. The Rohingya
? and their children especially ? demand and deserve nothing
less."
Source/publisher:
UNICEF
Date of publication:
2018-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2018-09-03
[field_licence]
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Arakan (Rakhine) State - reports etc. by date (latest first), Children
Language:
Local URL:
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Source/publisher:
UNICEF
Date of entry/update:
2018-03-20
[field_licence]
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children
Language:
Local URL:
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Description:
Executive Summary:
"The context within which progress is made for children under the programme of cooperation
between the Government of Myanmar and
UNICEF remains promising
overall
, yet still
challenging.
UNICEF continued to provide strong support to the development of national policies and
strategies in sector
s
highly relevant to children
?
education, health, child protection
,
social
protection
, and
water, sanitation and hygiene
(WASH)
.
Implementation of activities
was
some
what
delayed and decreased as a new
a
dministration and a new Parliament came to
power. Yet, UNICEF?s engagement with multiple actors across the political spectrum since
2012, and
with
a
particular intensity during the 2015 elections, helped preserve the initial
investment in policy reforms and systems strengthening
in 2016,
and
helped its
work with
the new Government
.
More than 100 children and young people
were
released from the
armed forces, bringing the
total to 800 since the signing of the Joint Action Plan in 2012. In targeted townships, the
number of children aged 3
?
5 years accessing early childhood facilities reached close to
155,000, an increase of 50
per cent
compared wit
h 2015. Five hundred newborn health
corners were established and investment in cold chain strengthening this year represented
65
per cent
of the
p
ast..."
Source/publisher:
UNICEF
Date of publication:
2017-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2017-07-19
[field_licence]
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children
Language:
English
Local URL:
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Description:
Abstract:
"This study seeks to understand the dynamics and processes of community
development programs for children in Burma (Myanmar). It examines the ethical
dimensions of children?s participation, critiques the extent of participation of young
people in community development activity, explores the barriers and avenues for
increased participation and presents recommendations based on lived experience
which can be used to formulate policies that will enable/encourage greater
participation.
The development industry reaches to almost all areas of the globe and is not
confined by national boundaries, ethnicity, age, gender or other social stratification.
One of the most topical issues in contemporary development regards the rights of
the child. It is an area of increasing interest to United Nations agencies and to
human rights groups such as Amnesty International and the International Labour
Organisation. In addition, a number of international programs have been created to
focus upon improving the global situation of children, such as the United Nations
Convention on the Rights of the Child and Mandela and Machel?s "Global
Movement for Children." Such interest in the situation of children, however, rarely
includes discussion of the ethical issues involved in the construction of children as
appropriate subjects of development. Even rarer is examination or discussion of
the culturally and historically contingent nature of assumptions about children and
childhood that are built into many programs that focus upon children. The
implications of applying programs and techniques that incorporate "Western" or
"generic" understandings of children and childhood upon children from non
Western nations should be part of such discussions.
Development programs increasingly employ national workers, not only as
stakeholders and participants, but also as initiators of programs and as directors of
resource allocation. However, with this growing trend of the participation of
?beneficiaries? of development programs in identifying needs and planning and
implementing solutions, the voices of children have, until recently, been quiet."
Karl Goodwin-Dorning
Source/publisher:
Faculty of Arts Department of Social Inquiry & Community Studies Victoria University
Date of publication:
2007-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2017-07-16
[field_licence]
Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
Format :
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Size:
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Karl Dorning, Nicola Yelland
Source/publisher:
Global Studies of Childhood (Sage Publications)
Date of publication:
2015-10-28
Date of entry/update:
2017-07-04
[field_licence]
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children
Language:
English
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Description:
Executive Summary:
"In 2015, Myanmar wrote new important chapters in its history: the Government and eight ethnic armed groups signed a Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA), and successfully held elections that saw a landslide victory for the National League for Democracy. Despite progress, children in Myanmar continue to suffer from higher levels of mortality and malnutrition, lower enrolment and completion of primary education; and higher risks to trafficking, labour, violence and recruitment and use by armed forces, than children in the region. In this year?s context, cooperation between Myanmar and UNICEF has been driven by three main considerations: turning policies and plans into changes in children?s lives, as longer-term reforms proceed; responding to humanitarian needs arising from both protracted situations and massive floods and landslides, while further mainstreaming risk reduction into development plans; and placing children at the centre of determining factors for Myanmar?s sustainable development ? peace, social cohesion and human rights. The programme delivered direct results. More than 95 per cent of children 9 months to 15 years old were protected from measles and rubella through vaccination campaigns. In targeted townships, the proportion of children 3?5 years old accessing early childhood facilities doubled between 2014 and 2015, and hundreds of thousands of children benefited from child-centred teaching methodologies applied for the first time by more than 14,000 primary school teachers. Approximately 280,000 children in 27 townships benefited from the first-ever deployment of social case management workers. The proportion of children under 5 registered continued to increase, to reach 79 per cent this year. Releases of children and young people from the armed forces have continued, with an additional 146 released, falling one child short of the 700 mark since the signing of the Joint Action Plan in 2012. Under its four-theme advocacy strategy (children affected by armed conflict; children in Rakhine; public finance for children; and the first 1,000 days), UNICEF contributed to building an environment more supportive of child rights. Parties to NCA committed to protect children in armed conflicts, and negotiations are well advanced towards the signing of an Action Plan with two listed major ethnic armed groups; joint interventions in Kachin and the South-East allowed actors across ethnic lines to deliver better health care and nutrition to children; in the election campaign, the Union Electoral Commission, UNICEF and a coalition of Child Rights organizations convinced political parties to prioritize children. Those who did gained most of the votes, making children a clear winner of these elections. Amid inter-communal and religious tensions, the religious leaders of the four main faiths issued joint calls to respect religious diversity. In Rakhine, UNICEF?s pioneering approach to reach all children through combined humanitarian assistance, development work, promotion of social cohesion, and advocacy against targeted discrimination is now making consensus among international development partners..."
Source/publisher:
United Nations Childrfen?s Fund (UNICEF)
Date of publication:
2016-06-13
Date of entry/update:
2016-09-01
[field_licence]
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
UNICEF (United Nations Children's Fund), Children
Language:
English
Local URL:
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Description:
[Briefing for the UN Secretary General?s Annual Report on Children and Armed Conflict - March 2016]
"Myanmar?s November 2015 Parliamentary election resulted in a sweeping victory for the National League of Democracy (NLD), generating hopes that the new NLD-led government will
bring about a demonstrable improvement in the country?s human rights situation. Child Soldiers International has documented the widespread recruitment and use of children as soldiers in Myanmar for over a decade, and believes that the new government needs to make a renewed commitment to ensure that the Tatmadaw Kyi (Myanmar military) becomes a child-free army.
Almost four years since the UN and the Myanmar government signed a Joint Action Plan (JAP) to end the recruitment and use of children in June 2012, children continue to be present in the ranks of the Tatmadaw Kyi as well as non-state armed groups (NSAGs), although recent trends
indicate that active recruitment of children by the Tatmadaw kyi appears to have significantly reduced. The Tatmadaw Kyi discharged 146 children in three separate releases in 2015, and a further 46 on 12 March 2016, bringing the total number of children discharged since the signing of the JAP to 745. Due to an absence of comprehensive monitoring, it is not currently possible
to determine the number of children present in the ranks of the Border Guard Forces (BGF). However, the BGF discharged one child in 2015, indicating that other children may also remain in the ranks.
Nonetheless, children continue to be unlawfully recruited into the Tatmadaw Kyi; 210 cases of ?suspected minors” were reported by the Country Task Force for Monitoring and Reporting (CTFMR) for age verification in 2015. The CTFMR received complaints on these cases through its public phone line, the forced labour complaint mechanism of the International Labour Organization (ILO) and community monitoring initiatives. Ongoing armed conflict in Kachin
and Shan states, related insecurity and high levels of attrition have ensured that the Tatmadaw Kyi is under pressure to maintain its troop strength, thereby necessitating ongoing recruitment, including of children.
Child Soldiers International also received reports of increased recruitment by NSAGs, including of children, in the backdrop of escalating conflict between the Tatmadaw Kyi and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), Shan State Progressive Party / Shan State Army North, and the
Palaung State Liberation Front / Ta?ang National Liberation Army (TNLA); and between joint Myanmar military-Restoration Council of Shan State/Shan State Army South forces and the
TNLA since September 2015.
This ?recruitment economy? has contributed to the creation of a network of informal recruitment agents (civilian brokers), who receive payments for delivering new recruits to the Tatmadaw Kyi. Over the course of 2015, the use of civilian brokers continued to be reported with no movement
to clarify the legal avenues to hold civilian brokers accountable. It has also generated pressure on 2
recruiting officers to ignore national legal restrictions of the minimum recruitment age, in a context where adults are unwilling to volunteer and where accountability mechanisms designed to deter underage recruitment have been lax. Despite welcome measures to spread greater awareness about the unlawfulness of underage recruitment, including through the operationalising of a more centralised system for recruitment, children continue to be among those forcibly recruited, and remain easier to trick and more susceptible to pressure to enlist than adults. Where children from economically deprived or troubled backgrounds have volunteered for enlistment, the absence of rigorous enforcement of safeguards has facilitated their
recruitment..."
Source/publisher:
Child Soldiers International
Date of publication:
2016-02-29
Date of entry/update:
2016-04-08
[field_licence]
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group
Language:
English
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217.75 KB
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Description:
"Thazun is a courageous, beautiful and talented young Arakanese woman who talks openly about her life and experiences. Spending her childhood under conditions that many people around the world would find hard to believe, Thazun has never given up hope for a better life. Her father is a politician and always on the run from Burmese authorities, while her mother worked away for years with hundreds of other forced labourers. When growing up, Thazun didn?t know her father, and for over two years, five-year-old Thazun and her sister and brothers were left to survive on their own without their mother or anyone to look after them. When their mother was able to visit them, she found her children almost starved to death. And yet Thazun?s mother had no choice but to leave, unable to help her children or even know if they were still alive. As heartbreaking as her story may be, Thazun shows how determination and hope can lead towards light. This is the first part of her story."..."Thazun?s story is based on an interview with Burma Link."
Source/publisher:
Burma Link
Date of entry/update:
2016-03-15
[field_licence]
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Women of Burma -- bibliographies, Children, Non-ILO Reports on forced labour, including forced portering, in Arakan (Rakhine) State, Children's rights: reports of violations in Burma against more than one ethnic group
Language:
English
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Description:
Summary: "In the Framework for Economic and Social Reform (FESR) 1, the Government of Myanmar (GOM) outlined the need to increase public expenditure in the social sector and for infrastructure to support economic growth and fight poverty. FESR also stated that government expenditure on health and education will increase, whilst defence expenditure will decline. Therefore, the United Nations Children Fund Myanmar, (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Myanmar Development Resource Institute - Centre for Economic and Social Development (MDRI-CESD) have developed this report examining current social sector expenditure and the fiscal space available to increase this spending. In order to understand how public finance could be better oriented towards children, the objectives of this paper were: • To identify and highlight trends in terms of public sector expenditures, their allocation and growth rates, especially those related to the ?social sector”; • To assess the overall impact of State-Owned-Enterprises (SOEs) on the budget; • To examine the fiscal flow to the states/regions; and • To analyse trends in revenue and expenditure. Key Findings from this report include: • The Government has made commitments to reduce Myanmar?s fiscal deficit, with projections currently suggesting it will decline to 5 per cent of GDP by 2014-15, from 9 per cent in 2012- 13. However, it is still uncertain to what extent the supplementary budget might impact the final figure. • SOE?s make significant contributions to government revenue and expenditure. Although their net contribution to the fiscal balance varies between SOEs, many are increasingly being exposed to market forces, which is expected to improve their overall impact on the fiscal balance and potentially increase fiscal space for children • Social sector spending (health, education and social welfare) has increased since 2011-12, averaging between 5-9 per cent of total expenditure, compared to defence which still absorbed 13-15 per cent of total expenditure over the same period. Despite this, the proportion of expenditure allocated to defence has declined since 2011-12. • Budget allocations for education rose from just under 4 per cent of the budget in 2011-12 and is projected to reach nearly 6 per cent in 2014-15. • Expenditure on health tripled, from 1 per cent in 2011-12 to 3 per cent of the budget in 2012-13. • Allocations for social welfare have declined from under 0.2 per cent of expenditure in 2011- 12 to 0.1 per cent in 2014-15. Despite this, social welfare expenditure in absolute terms is at approximately the same level in 2014-15 as it was in 2011-12..."
Dr Zaw Oo, Dr. Aniruddha Bonnerjee, Phoo Pwint Phyu, Giles Dickenson-Jones, Paul Minoletti
Source/publisher:
UNICEF via Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
Date of publication:
2011-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2016-01-30
[field_licence]
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Economy: general, analytical, statistical (various sources), Children, Education Financing
Language:
Burmese (မြန်မာဘာသာ)
Format :
pdf pdf
Size:
1.63 MB 3.67 MB
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Description:
Summary: "In the Framework for Economic and Social Reform (FESR)
1, the Government of Myanmar (GOM)
outlined the need to increase public expenditure in the social sector and for infrastructure to support
economic growth and fight poverty. FESR also stated that government expenditure on health and
education will increase, whilst defence expenditure will decline. Therefore, the United Nations Children
Fund Myanmar, (UNICEF) in collaboration with the Myanmar Development Resource Institute - Centre
for Economic and Social Development (MDRI-CESD) have developed this report examining current
social sector expenditure and the fiscal space available to increase this spending.
In order to understand how public finance could be better oriented towards children, the objectives of
this paper were:
• To identify and highlight trends in terms of public sector expenditures, their allocation and
growth rates, especially those related to the ?social sector”;
• To assess the overall impact of State-Owned-Enterprises (SOEs) on the budget;
• To examine the fiscal flow to the states/regions; and
• To analyse trends in revenue and expenditure.
Key Findings from this report include:
• The Government has made commitments to reduce Myanmar?s fiscal deficit, with projections
currently suggesting it will decline to 5 per cent of GDP by 2014-15, from 9 per cent in 2012-
13. However, it is still uncertain to what extent the supplementary budget might impact the final
figure.
• SOE?s make significant contributions to government revenue and expenditure. Although their net
contribution to the fiscal balance varies between SOEs, many are increasingly being exposed
to market forces, which is expected to improve their overall impact on the fiscal balance and
potentially increase fiscal space for children
• Social sector spending (health, education and social welfare) has increased since 2011-12,
averaging between 5-9 per cent of total expenditure, compared to defence which still absorbed
13-15 per cent of total expenditure over the same period. Despite this, the proportion of
expenditure allocated to defence has declined since 2011-12.
• Budget allocations for education rose from just under 4 per cent of the budget in 2011-12 and
is projected to reach nearly 6 per cent in 2014-15.
• Expenditure on health tripled, from 1 per cent in 2011-12 to 3 per cent of the budget in 2012-13.
• Allocations for social welfare have declined from under 0.2 per cent of expenditure in 2011-
12 to 0.1 per cent in 2014-15. Despite this, social welfare expenditure in absolute terms is at
approximately the same level in 2014-15 as it was in 2011-12..."
Dr Zaw Oo, Dr. Aniruddha Bonnerjee, Phoo Pwint Phyu, Giles Dickenson-Jones, Paul Minoletti
Source/publisher:
UNICEF via Center for Economic and Social Development (CESD)
Date of publication:
2011-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2016-01-30
[field_licence]
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children, Economy: general, analytical, statistical (various sources), Education Financing
Language:
English
Format :
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Size:
2.29 MB
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Description:
Situation Overview: "As sporadic flooding continues
in some areas of Myanmar, the number of
people termporarily
or still
displaced
since July continues to grow. As of 21 September, nearly 1.7
million people, including
over
578,000 children,
have been displaced by flooding and landslides across Myanmar.
The risk of seasonal flooding will continue
through the end of the rainy season in mid-October, with compounded risks of flooding, landslides and strong
winds possible during October and November, when cyclones most often hit Myanmar. Supported by
UNICEF, the Government of Myanmar is leading the recovery process to ensure short, medium, and long-term support to flood affected areas, including elements of disaster risk reduction and a focus on building
back better to ensure that infrastructure is resilient to future hazards.
Myanmar is at highest risk for hazards
in the Asia-Pacific region, and UNICEF is
fully
supportive
of
Government?s emphasis
on ensuring that
response and recovery programming aims to reduce these risks, especially for the most vulnerable including
children, persons with disabilities, and the poor..."
Source/publisher:
UNICEF via ReliefWeb
Date of publication:
2015-09-24
Date of entry/update:
2015-10-03
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Type:
Individual Documents
Language:
English
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Description:
Executive Summary:
"Myanmar has embarked upon an ambitious reform package characterised by people-centred participation, development and inclusion. The task is ambitious and presents real
opportunities for a successful transition from a heavily natural resource-reliant economy to
an economy that leverages the skills and expertise
of its human capital. As a newcomer to
the ?Asian Century?, Myanmar is geographically well
positioned to transition into an ?Asian
Tiger? economy personified by fast-paced growth and
innovation.
One of the key lessons learnt globally when transitioning from a lower to middle income
country and upwards to an advanced economy is that
successful countries do not first
become wealthy and then decide to invest in human capital rather they become wealthy by
investing in both physical and human capital simultaneously. Equitable access to quality
social services is both good for people and for the
economy. For mineral-rich countries,
investing natural resource revenues in expanded health and education services and social
transfers - including pensions, family allowances a
nd social assistance – is fundamental.
Such investments build human capital and generate e
mployment. They reduce distributional
conflicts, enhance social cohesion, and lessen gender, ethnic and regional disparities.
Myanmar is blessed with an abundance of natural resources which can be turned into
meaningful, sustainable, impactful social investments right now, starting with children.
At this pivotal moment in the nation?s history, the
good news is Myanmar could enjoy a high
level of human capital return for a relatively small amount of fiscal spend. For example:
* Less than 9 days of natural gas revenues would be n
eeded to ensure one teacher per
each primary school grade;
* A 0.57% increase in the actual tax collected on har
dwood extraction would secure the
annual salary of 6,000 social workers;
* 0.87% of revenues from new natural gas projects wou
ld provide for the purchase of all
the vaccines needed annually in Myanmar;
* One extra dollar in tax collected for each kilogram
of jade could have built 14,596
classrooms over the last 9 years; and
* Just over one quarter of Myanmar?s 2010 sales from
the auction of precious and semi-
precious stones could have provided for a universal
child benefit of 15,000 Kyat per
month for all Myanmar children under 5.
UNICEF encourages the Myanmar Government to actively explore such options as part of
the next 30 months of socio-economic reform. The time for enhanced social investment is
now and if done right, will dramatically propel Myanmar along its transition to becoming the
next economic ?Asian Tiger?..."
Source/publisher:
UNICEF
Date of publication:
2013-07-31
Date of entry/update:
2014-07-07
[field_licence]
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Children
Language:
English
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Description:
Executive Summary:
"The growing domestic and international attention being paid to child
labor in Burma, also known as Myanmar, signals a vital step in the
country?s reform and development process. The advent of new
funding to research the scope of the problem, proposed amendments to
labor laws, and popularized documentaries exposing the lives of working
children have indicated fresh interest in revealing and reducing the
incidence of child labor.
However, the catalyst for this report was sparked by observations
that these proliferating activities and discussions are often largely
restricted to urban areas, particularly regarding the well-known prevalence
of Burma?s ?teashop boys.? While urban forms of child labor warrant
immediate and effective interventions, the ambiguity that shrouds less
visible forms of the practice, especially occurring in rural ethnic villages
and communities tucked against the country?s vast borderline,
necessitates targeted illumination. During several interviews conducted for
this report, civil society members and child protection officers described
child labor in Burma as vastly under-researched, and said that accurate
data from the country?s peripheral areas is almost nonexistent.
Almost half of the occurrences of child labor documented for this
report were found in agricultural practices, primarily on rubber plantations
and betel nut farms. An equivalent number of children interviewed were
working in furniture factories, waiting tables or washing dishes in small
restaurants, or searching garbage for recyclables to redeem. Others still
were engaged as day laborers, piecing together daily wages by clearing
weeds on plantations, gathering grasses to make brooms, or working as
cowhands or woodcutters.
Income scarcity and food insecurity were central themes collected in
many family narratives, but were also often rooted in other fundamental
social issues. Poverty was not necessarily the sole cause of child labor, but
rather the two were jointly symptomatic of poor access to education and
healthcare, landlessness, migration, and the effects of decades of armed
conflict and human rights abuses. Children, and particularly young girls,
were also subject to social and gender norms that contributed to their
entry into the workforce. The reduced likelihood that working children will
complete their education and the increased risks associated with labor
performed during children?s early developmental stages were found to
feed directly back into these same family burdens that led to child labor.
In short, the many interconnecting social issues, economic and labor
policies, and community histories surrounding child labor in rural areas are
beyond the scope of this report to fully catalogue or evaluate. Instead, the
research presented herein telescopes in on a very small but highly
underreported area of child labor, and aims to amplify the voices and cast
a light on the experiences of rural working children in Mon areas."
Source/publisher:
Woman and Child Rights Project (WCRP)
Date of publication:
2013-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2013-11-21
[field_licence]
Type:
Individual Documents
Category:
Women and Child Rights Project, home page, articles and reports, Childrens's rights in Mon State - reports of violations, Child labour in Burma, Children
Language:
English
Format :
pdf
Size:
2.25 MB
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Description:
"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..."
Kyaw Ko Thet, Ei Ei Khin, Ei Thant Khing
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Save the Children
Date of publication:
2010-10-31
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2010-12-21
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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.
Mon Mon Myat
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IPS
Date of publication:
2010-02-16
Date of entry/update:
2010-11-02
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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”"
Chris Lewa
Source/publisher:
Forum Asia
Date of publication:
2003-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2010-07-17
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* 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.
Premjai VUNGSIRIPHISAL, Siwaporn Auasalung, Supang Chantavanich
Source/publisher:
The Asian Research Center For Migration (ARCM), Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand.
Date of publication:
1998-11-30
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2010-07-17
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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..."
Source/publisher:
Free Burma Rangers. Partners Relief & Development
Date of publication:
2010-03-31
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2010-04-08
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"...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)..."
Source/publisher:
Committee for Promotion and Protection of Child Rights (Burma)
Date of publication:
2009-01-31
Date of entry/update:
2009-11-23
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"Burma?s military government pays lip service to the rights of children, but still allows child labor and recruits underage soldiers..."
Aung Thet Wine
Source/publisher:
"The Irrawaddy" Vol. 16, No. 9
Date of publication:
2008-08-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-11-13
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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.
Source/publisher:
Coalition to Stop the use of Child Soldiers
Date of publication:
2008-05-20
Date of entry/update:
2008-10-31
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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
Helen Sibum
Source/publisher:
Amnesty International / Terre des Hommes
Date of publication:
2007-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2008-05-27
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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;
Nina Sahdeva
Source/publisher:
Fairunterwegs
Date of publication:
2008-02-18
Date of entry/update:
2008-05-03
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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."
Source/publisher:
United Nations Security Council
Date of publication:
2007-11-16
Date of entry/update:
2007-11-26
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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
Source/publisher:
Human Rights Watch
Date of publication:
2007-10-31
Date of entry/update:
2007-10-31
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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
Source/publisher:
Burma Riders
Date of publication:
2007-07-14
Date of entry/update:
2007-08-21
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"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..."
Philip S. Robertson Jr., Editor
Source/publisher:
International Labour Organisation
Date of publication:
2005-11-30
Date of entry/update:
2007-04-04
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Source/publisher:
Human Rights Education Institute of Burma (HREIB)
Date of publication:
2004-05-31
Date of entry/update:
2005-02-16
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