General Overview of the Paper: The Purpose: The Women?s League of Burma (WLB) would like to emphasize the necessity of positive measures in creating a constitution for Burma that protects women?s rights and promotes gender equality in Burma... The Argument: This paper argues that it is necessary not only to recognize the unequal status between women and men in Burma, but also to address that unequal status by adopting constitutional mechanisms for affirmative action to achieve gender equality. . Specifically, we call for the inclusion of a quota system in the federal constitution to ensure representation of women at every level and in all branches of the federal government... The Scope: This paper focuses on articulating the WLB?s primary arguments for: - Why women?s rights should be included in the constitution; - Why affirmative measures are necessary to achieve gender equality; - What kinds of affirmative measures are necessary to achieve gender equality.....The paper is structured in the following way: Contents Page 1. Introduction 2. Discrimination against Women in Burma 3. Why Equal Representation Must Be Guaranteed by the Constitution 4. The Need for Affirmative Action in Burma 5. The Design of a Quota System 6. Conclusion.