Burmese military mistreatment of young girls. In this qualitative study, we used the capabilitie...

Burmese military mistreatment of young girls. In this qualitative study, we used the capabilities approach to conceptualise wellbeing from the perspectives of adolescent girls and young women in Myanmar. 30 -- Part of a three-story series to mark the fourth anniversary of Myanmar's 2021 coup, looking at how the military treats its own soldiers. Four years since the military takeover in Myanmar: no justice for brutal atrocities Statement by Nicholas Koumjian, Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar Myanmar’s forced conscription: How the junta targets young men for military service 4 years after the coup, forced recruitment feeds the ranks of As a result, thousands of young people are now fleeing the country to avoid being called up. Nov. The gendered impacts of forced conscription have More than three-and-a-half years after the Myanmar military’s 2021 attempted coup, it is clear that alarm bells warning of the coup’s negative Rape and Sexual Violence by the Burmese Army – an ongoing story of abuse Although Burma has seen some limited reforms since Thein Sein became President, the use of rape and sexual violence This briefing details how the Burmese Army has used rape and sexual violence with impunity for decades. Owing to the mostly guerrilla nature of the resistance, the favoured tactic of the regime has been to Mr. “Courage amid Crisis: Gendered impacts of the coup and the pursuit of gender equality in Myanmar” describes the terrible toll that human rights violations by the military junta have had on “After arbitrarily arresting and detaining women and girls for their legitimate political activism, the Myanmar military forces have subjected them to abject acts of gender-based violence As of 2025, civil resistance against the military faction continues to gain momentum. Collaborating with four young The Myanmar junta's mandatory military service law has sparked fear, anxiety and defiance. The Secretary Myanmar has been gripped by mass protests demanding an end to military rule, and at least 55 protesters - many of them young activists - have Military Conscription in Southeastern Myanmar Demands International Intervention To stave off defeat, the military regime is robbing the Myanmar gang-rape victim wins legal battle with military Three rapists were jailed for 20 years with hard labour in a case that pitted a 36-year Moe Moe initially worked with a group organising protests against the military but, after months of the junta’s deadly crackdown, decided to BURMA (Tier 3) Burma does not fully meet the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not making significant efforts to do so, even considering the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Crimes against humanity continue to be systematically committed in Myanmar, with ongoing conflicts severely impacting women and children, Several reports by non-governmental organizations have been published this year alleging human rights abuses by the Burmese military against ethnic civilian populations. [1][2] In 2022, Freedom House rated Myanmar’s Last week, a young woman from the Karen ethnic minority in Burma reported being “beaten, drugged, and sexually assaulted by two men wearing army fatigues. Last week, their work was recognized by You Don't Want to Know About the Girls? The ‘Comfort Women’, the Japanese Military and Allied Forces in the Asia-Pacific War - Volume 13 Issue 31 The implementation of the People’s Military Service Law will allow the military to increase its control over women’s lives and bodies. This International Women’s Day, the United Nations (UN) in Myanmar stands in solidarity with women and girls across the country as they The BBC has had rare access to the state and has seen evidence of how the Burmese army have launched a campaign of torture, abduction and murder to stop youngsters from joining rebel fighters. Widespread sexual violence perpetrated by Burmese soldiers has been a hallmark of the culture of abuse and impunity in Burma’s decades-long The gendered impacts of forced conscription of young women and girls are consequential and pose severe risks to their safety, especially given The Burmese military has conducted a campaign of arson, killings, and rape against ethnic Rohingya that has threatened the lives of thousands Losing a Generation: how the military junta’s war against the people of Myanmar is devasting the young and undermining Myanmar’s future 3 Immunization: Approximately one million children have Burmese security forces had “committed widespread rape” against Rohingya women and girls as part of a brutal ethnic cleansing that has forced The prisoners came from every corner of the country and from various ethnic groups, and ranged from a 16-year-old girl to monks. Sex-based violence against women and girls In Myanmar, violence against women and girls is deeply entrenched in patriarchal norms and has been exacerbated Despite the military’s threats, a nonviolent civil disobedience movement emerged nationwide, and millions started demonstrating in hundreds Going back and taking a hard look at Burmese mistreatment of ALL other ethnic groups, including Buddhists, Christians, and animists. The report details 37 incidents of sexual violence against 50 women and girls, aged 14 to 50 years old, and reveals evidence of widespread conscription of women into sexual slavery by Burmese Army The Myanmar military has abducted and forcibly recruited more than 1,000 Rohingya Muslim men and boys from across Rakhine State since Myanmar junta forces and the opposition Arakan Army have committed extrajudicial killings and widespread arson against Rohingya, Introduction “Since he began repeatedly raping me, I am afraid and feel insecure. Reports of rape and sexual violence have continued since Thein Sein became President The Burmese military has targeted the Rohingya people because of their ethnic and religious identity. Women who have fled Burma to escape what they describe as systematic violence against women by the military have banded together to help other survivors. To get a glimpse of the lived experiences of different women People’s Defence Force members, I interviewed five young Burmese government forces committed rape and other sexual violence against ethnic Rohingya women and girls as young as 13 during UN-mandated independent investigators have uncovered “systematic torture” in Myanmar’s military-run detention facilities – including beatings, electric shocks, strangulations and Women and girls of ethnic minorities are doubly-victimised in relation to sexual and gender-based violence as women and girls and as members of ethnic minority communities. Human Rights Watch spoke to 52 Rohingya women and girls who fled to Bangladesh, 29 of whom said they had Human rights in Myanmar under its military regime have long been regarded as among the worst in the world. ” In November 2011, reports emerged that Burmese security forces have committed widespread rape against women and girls as part of a campaign of ethnic cleansing against Rohingya Muslims in Burma’s Rakhine State, Human Human Rights Watch has since 2012 found that the Burmese government has committed crimes against humanity against the Rohingya population in Rakhine State. Burmese Military raided Chauk Piyin Seik and La Phoe Gong villages yesterday evening in Maungdaw, where they gang raped 5 teenage girls and were returned to their homes later after inhuman Statement by Nicholas Koumjian, Head of the Independent Investigative Mechanism for Myanmar Geneva, 30 January 2025 – Four years ago, Myanmar’s elected government was Rohingya women say sexual violence, killings forced them out of Myanmar In light of a new report, refugees in Bangladesh share harrowing tales Myanmar’s military commanders responsible for rape and torture – war crimes report Security Force Monitor finds 64% of senior army officers led units allegedly committing killings, rapes Burma’s military overthrew the democratically elected civilian government via a coup d’état on February 1, 2021, declaring a state of emergency and transferring The Burmese army has been following a policy of systematically raping women and girls to subjugate the country's rebellious ethnic minorities, according to a new report. 21, 2024 By Aye Aye Mon and Chan Aung, RFA Burmese When Myanmar’s military seized power in February 2021, Le Vai was a 10th grader with a passion for guitar, piano and singing. Even before the crackdown, young men were often reluctant to join the military, because of its low pay, difficult conditions, and the poor treatment of enlisted soldiers. Government programs for reintegration exist too, offering routes for returning soldiers to reenter the education system, but for Burma's stunted GENEVA (2 July 2024) - The military coup was a devastating setback for gender equality in Myanmar and has left women, girls, and LGBT people acutely One of the military’s most feared weapons is mass sexual violence, with untold numbers of women and girls brutally gang raped by government According to the UN Secretary-General’s 2022 report on conflict-related sexual violence, over 25 verified cases of sexual violence were By Aye Aye Mon for RFA Burmese 2025. One of those reports presents 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 A Burmese woman with a child Women living in Myanmar continue to face barriers to equality. The latest conflict between the An investigation by The Associated Press has found that the Myanmar military has been torturing detainees across the country in a An accountant was shocked with electric probes. I feel shame because my The report found that 235 children (215 boys and 20 girls) as young as age 12 were recruited and used as soldiers. All these victims said that they had been forcibly relocated by the Burmese military Reports of torture by Myanmar’s long-abusive security forces are being increasingly well-documented. Based on an investigation in Burma, Thailand and China, this 135-page report found that Burmese military recruiters target children in order to meet unrelenting demands for new recruits "Since 1988 because of the Burmese peoples' unwillingness to engage in military actions against its own people and their desire for democracy The Burmese Military government has widely used a Children recruited by armed forces or armed groups Thousands of boys and girls are used as soldiers, cooks, spies and more in armed conflicts Still suffering from the devastating consequences of the February 2021 military coup, the UN rights chief said on Tuesday that the people of The Rapist Burmese Army By Kanbawza Win A seven year old girl raped by the Burmese army ‘Tatmadaw’ soldier was no news for the tyrannical Burmese Five women who were detained for protesting against a military coup in the country earlier this year say they were abused and tortured in the Moved Permanently The document has moved here. The stories of two other conscripts, also interviewed by Esther The statement highlighted the military’s use of prisoners as porters, resulting in exhaustion, malnutrition, degrading treatment, and in some cases murder. 01. On June 19, 2025, the United Nations Secretary-General reported that the UN had verified 2,138 grave violations against children in armed conflict in Myanmar in 2024, including recruitment of The gendered impacts of forced conscription of young women and girls are consequential and pose severe risks to their safety, especially given the junta’s long history of misogyny and Despite the Burmese military claiming that women would not be enlisted following the enactment of the People’s Military Service Law, registration for women between the ages of 18 and In February 2024, the military junta unlawfully determined to enforce the 2010 conscription law on young people aged 18-35 and women aged 18-27, making military service compulsory and “Girls and young women in Myanmar are living through war, displacement, and disaster - but the world has stopped watching. He is not letting me go home. An artist was beaten in the head with a baton until he passed out. Most are heading to neighbouring Thailand, which is bracing for an influx of refugees. The Burmese government has denied allegations of ethnic cleansing. Burmese authorities have rejected the growing documentation of sexual violence by the military against Rohingya women and girls. Their voices are missing from the headlines, yet many have Combined with analysis, this briefing will present evidence that makes it alarmingly clear the systematic nature of the junta’s crimes against women, as well as the urgency required for global The Myanmar military has long committed widespread violations of children’s rights, intensifying its crackdown following the 2021 coup d’état and during the ongoing conflict. Women from Shan minority and other ethnic minority groups in northeastern Myanmar tell stories of rapes by military that are sometimes characterized by sadism and that human rights Rape and Sexual Violence by the Burmese Army – an ongoing story of abuse Although Burma has seen some limited reforms since Thein Sein became President, the use of rape and sexual violence Myanmar’s ruling military junta has begun initial steps to draft women for active military service, residents said, showing the military’s It has been four years since the Burmese military led by Senior General Min Aung Hlaing overthrew the democratically elected civilian government and took control of Myanmar in a The Burmese military have responded by steadily building up their military presence in the area. After forty years of isolation, myths about the state of women's . Since the military took Some 60 percent of protesters against the military coup are women who fear their hard-won rights hang in the balance. The military’s actions constitute genocide Scarred by war, Myanmar children ‘cannot have the life they used to have’ Women and children in states such as Karenni struggle with trauma from Their interviews have been translated from Burmese and lightly edited for clarity. Actually, religion has nothing really to do with it It's all Crimes committed by the Burmese Military during their attempts to take control of territories include airstrikes, land-mining, and horrific acts such as Rape and Sexual Violence by the Burmese Army – an ongoing story of abuse Although Burma has seen some limited reforms since Thein Sein became President, the use of rape and sexual violence Five women who were detained for protesting against a military coup in the country earlier this year say they were abused and tortured in the ND-Burma members are concerned about the safety and security of young women and girls. There was no evidence the regime or NUG prosecuted those responsible. In northern Myanmar, women and girls have borne the brunt of violations, including sexual and gender-based violence, as well as a wide spectrum of violations of their basic economic and social rights The report found these military businesses generate revenue strengthened the military and provided financial support for its The most recent incident was reported by a 13-year-old girl who said that she was raped in June 2002. President,Excellencies,Distinguished delegates,The human rights situation in Myanmar has morphed into a never-ending nightmare, away from the spotlight of global The year 2024 has been harrowing and challenging for Myanmar’s children, who continue to bear the heaviest burden of escalating conflict and A Reuters investigation provides the first detailed account of the precise role played by Myanmar’s 33rd and 99th light infantry divisions in the offensive. 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