Mynamar

Amidst decades of civil war and violence, women living in areas of conflict across Myanmar are displaying remarkable courage. They are taking on leadership roles in camps for displaced people in Kachin, Rakhine and northern Shan.

As these women leaders seek to meet basic needs and improve the lives of their families and communities, they are also shifting gender norms, enabling the possibility of broader transformations of women’s rights amidst the ongoing crisis.

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When I calculate maths, when I get the answer, the feeling of being able to solve this is a good feeling. Maths is everywhere, everything is maths. When you go to the market and buy things, that is maths. And sometimes even when you are looking at the wind! READ STORY Bawk Nu Awng Since the violence in 2012, I have been confined to a camp for displaced Rohingya and Kaman communities. We face a lot of challenges as women in the camps. Women are restricted by their husbands from going outside to do community work, and many of them, as a result, don’t know they can be leaders too. READ STORY Nu Nu Thar Women taking leadership roles is important. All my life, leaders in administrative roles in the village were men and men and men. Women can do this too. As women, we should build our capacity more and be leaders, I support this very strongly. READ STORY Sayama Zawng Naw Once, I went to the zoo— The animals were overcrowded, and it was full. It took a full day to see it all. I was young, It was like an early epiphany. READ STORY Azad Mohamed

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