Engendering Women’s Political Recruitment and Participation in Myanmar
In the spirit of advancing women’s participation in politics in Myanmar EMReF seeks to generate evidence on political parties' recruitment and…
Myanmar Speaker Series – Towards Gender Equality: Implications for Myanmar’s 2020 Elections
October 27, 2020.
It is now 25 years since the UN World Conference on Women was held in Beijing (1995). This meeting of global leaders spurred an unprecedented push for gender equality in a number of areas. Specifically, the conference highlighted women’s persistent political underrepresentation as a democratic problem as well as a hurdle for economic and human development. Since this conference, many countries have made concerted efforts to increase the number of women in politics. For example, the percentage of the world’s parliamentarians that are women has more than doubled since 1995 from 11% to 25% in 2020. Participating in public life is an aspect of peoples’ agency, and therefore the ability (or inability) to participate in politics and governance can directly affect their well-being.
Myanmar research community contributes to electoral policy debates
October 13, 2020 Research in Action story from IDRC Support for policy-relevant research helps to inform electoral debate in Myanmar. CLAIRE…
Gender and Political Participation in Myanmar
Enlightened Myanmar Research Foundation (EMReF), October 2020 Full report below Introduction This synthesis report presents key findings from a three-year research…
Gender and Local Politics in Myanmar: Women’s and Men’s Participation in Ward, Village Tract and Village Decision Making
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Myanmar Speaker Series: What Does the Latest Peace Conference Mean for Myanmar? An Update
September 23, 2020.
The Government of Myanmar and the Ethnic Armed Organizations are key parties to a formal Peace Process. They have been negotiating ‘basic federal as well as democratic’ principles for the country. In October 2015, all parties agreed that these principles would constitute the Union Accord, the basis to amend all laws–including the 2008 Constitution. Under the current government (2015-2020), no major constitutional change has taken place. The Peace Process remains the most plausible path to amend the constitution, end the armed conflict and lead to a multi-ethnic, federal and democratic Myanmar.
Briefing Note on Gender and Political Participation in Myanmar : The Current Situation, Why it Matters, and How to Make Participation More Equal
The Current Situation Myanmar’s 2015 elections resulted in women becoming around 10% of the MPs in the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and across…
Party Building and Candidate Selection
https://k4dm.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/Party-Building-and-Candidate-Selection_EMREF_July_2020.pdf Party Building and Candidate Selection Intraparty Politics and Promoting Gender Equality in Myanmar This study examines why women remain underrepresented…
Myanmar Speaker Series: Will More Women Join Politics in the 2020 Myanmar Elections?
In 2020, the World Economic Forum’s Gender Gap continues to find the largest gender disparity is—once again—the Political Empowerment gap. While countries across the board are making efforts to reduce the gap, Myanmar is behind all countries in ASEAN. Despite having successful and highly visible women across all sectors of the economy from the garment industry to education. Few Myanmar women are present in politics.
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