Associations aimed at promoting savings are providing a platform for women’s empowerment and mobilisation in isolated villages in rural Rakhine State.
Social media posts about the jailed Reuters journalists shows that many users believe they betrayed the country because they reported unpalatable facts.
In northern Thailand, a Kachin village dances the sacred manau to celebrate the gift of land granted to them by a Thai king.
When Eric Trutwein discovered two decades ago that he was HIV positive, he returned to his Magway Region hometown to die. But his health improved, and he has built a new life through a guesthouse and a school for orphans.
BY Eva Hirschi
