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The women farmers of Rakhine, reluctant heads of household

In Rakhine State, conflict, cyclones and climate change have long forced men to leave their villages. In Doh Athan this week, we hear the stories of Rakhine women heading farming households, as rice production plummets and the threat of famine grows.

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Protest and survival on the streets of Myanmar cities

The opposition in Myanmar continues to organise street protests, despite the risks. Proper planning can make the difference between life – and imprisonment, torture or death. In Doh Athan this week, we hear stories about how protests have changed since the coup and why protestors take risks.

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As years go by, separation puts strain on relationships of PDF fighters

Would you be supportive if your partner joined the resistance forces? What if they left you to work and raise children alone? As the post-coup conflict drags on, separations like this can lead to growing frustration on both sides.

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‘They tell you to die, you die’: tales of forced recruitment from escapees

One moment Ko Aung Kyaw was riding home on his motorbike, the next moment he was being forcibly recruited into the Myanmar military. In Doh Athan this week we hear some dramatic stories of abductions ... and escapes.

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Podcast: Access to justice delayed in Mon State

A mother in Mon State is determined to seek justice for her daughter following an attempted rape, but with justice systems and rule of law badly compromised since the coup, access to justice is increasingly difficult to find.

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Podcast: Child rights in peril as security forces jail five-year-old

The shocking tale of a five-year-old girl who was jailed by Myanmar's military junta and detained without access to her family or to a lawyer.

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Podcast: COVID crisis in Kalay

This week, we talk to residents of a town in Sagaing Region where the unofficial COVID-19 death rate is many times higher than the official one; and where accessing treatment is fraught with obstacles and danger.

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Video: Below the poverty line

The COVID-19 pandemic and the February 1 military coup have both had a devastating effect on poor communities in Myanmar. This is one woman’s story.

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Latest Issue

Volume 6, Issue 18

January 27, 2021

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Myanmar enters 2021 with more friends than foes

The early delivery of vaccines is one of the many boons of the country’s geopolitics, but to really take advantage, Myanmar must bury the legacy of its isolationist past.

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Will the Kayin BGF go quietly?

The Kayin State Border Guard Force has come under intense pressure from the Tatmadaw over its extensive, controversial business interests and there’s concern the ultimatum could trigger fresh hostilities in one of the country’s most war-torn areas.

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