The challenge of development is complex, but for director of the Karen Women’s Action Group (KWAG), the focus should start at a local level, with efforts to educate and empower women in the southeastern state. “Women play an important role in
Tag : Cyclone
I have to oversee the NGOs
Saturday, September 22 2012
Aung Min is the key player in Burma’s peace process. He was recently appointed to the President’s Office, Interview with The Irrawaddy. Question: What is your next plan ? Minister Aung Min. My ministry focuses on national security, which mainly
Nargis—When Time Stopped Breathing
Friday, September 7 2012
“Nargis—When Time Stopped Breathing” is Burma’s first ever feature-length documentary made by native filmmakers who captured the aftermath of the 2008 Cyclone Nargis disaster in the Irrawaddy delta which killed nearly 140,000 people. Fearing that
Aid workers arrested and sentenced after Cyclone Nargis
Friday, January 13 2012
Aung Kyaw San, arrested June 14, 2008, sentence 7 years (Taungyi prison). Released January 2011 Cho Cho Tin, arrested June 1, 2008, sentence 2 years (Tharkayta prison) Free ? Myat Thu, arrested# Lin Htet Naing, arrested June 14, 2008, sentence 4
Cyclone Nargis : informal networks and local leaders important in helping survive
Friday, November 4 2011
The survey, released in October, was carried out in the Irrawaddy Delta by a team comprising four expatriates and 15 local researchers from two community-based organizations. The study titled, “Myanmar – Surviving the Storm: Self-Protection and
Wikileak's cables about Nargis Cyclone
Wednesday, September 7 2011
The cable, which is dated 11 June 2008, also states that Maung Aye claimed that 300,000 people had been killed by the cyclone. Maung Aye, according to the cable was so incensed by coverage of the disaster that he ordered the sealing off of the delta
US aid post Nargis report : need for better monitoring
Tuesday, August 2 2011
Cyclone Nargis hit Burma's impoverished Irrawaddy Delta on May 2, 2008, leaving nearly 140,000 people dead or missing and severely affecting about 2.4 million others, according to the UN. The Burmese military government initially blocked most access
Cyclone Nargis : 3 years
Thursday, May 5 2011
According local people from the Cyclone Nargis affected area, the conditions have made it difficult for farmers to work their land without losing money. “We took loans from the rich people to start farming and planting, but the amount of rice we can
ငါးထပ္ႀကီး ဆရာေတာ္ ေထာင္ ၇ ႏွစ္
Saturday, February 19 2011
နယူးေဒလီ (မဇၥ်ိမ)။ ။ နာဂစ္မုန္တိုင္း ဒုကၡသည္မ်ားကို ကူညီခဲ့သူ ငါးထပ္ႀကီးေက်ာင္းတုိက္မွ သံဃာေတာ္ တပါးကို ယမန္ေန႔ အင္းစိန္ေထာင္တြင္း အထူးတရား႐ံုက ေထာင္ဒဏ္ ၇ ႏွစ္ျဖင့္ ခ်မွတ္လိုက္သည္။ ရန္ကုန္ၿမိဳ႕ ငါးထပ္ၾကီးေက်ာင္းတိုက္မွ ဆရာေတာ္ ဦးေဃာသိတကို
Editor freed, but Zarganar spends 50th birthday in prison
Saturday, February 5 2011
Reporters Without Borders and the Burma Media Association hail the release of Aung Kyaw San, the editor of the now closed magazine Myanmar Tribune, from Taunggyi prison, in the eastern state of Shan, after his sentence was reduced from eight to two
Free Funeral Service Association : interview
Saturday, August 28 2010
Among the humanitarian workers in Burma, Daw Myint Myint Khin Pe and her husband help operate the Free Funeral Service Association (Rangoon). Question : The organisation has expanded services to include a free clinic, library and education. Are there
Post-Nargis : mangrove forest under threat
Tuesday, August 24 2010
The slow pace of rebuilding livelihoods in the cyclone-hit Irrawaddy delta is taking a serious toll on the region's mangrove forests, as growing numbers of people turn to collecting firewood as their job of last resort, say environmental groups. This
3rd May european event in London for Zarganar and freedom of speech in Burma : pictures and media coverage
Sunday, May 16 2010
Diaporama Euro event in London 2010/05/03 View allGet your own On progresss : videos and media coverage. Media coverage Democratic Voice of Burma Radio Free Asia on May 4th BBC Burmese Index on Censorship/IFEX 2010.04.29 The Guardian 2010.04.29 Burma
Book. Everything is Broken : a tale of catastrophe in Burma, by Emma Larkin
Sunday, May 16 2010
In Everything is Broken, Nargis, and principally the government’s response to the crisis, is taken as a lens through which the reader is invited to view a broader expanse of recent Burmese history. In the politically charged post-Nargis atmosphere,
After the cyclone Nargis : become a sex worker.
Wednesday, May 5 2010
Dar Dar said she lost her father, a fisherman, in the cyclone, and now she feels she must sacrifice her future to take care of her young siblings. She is not alone: the heavy economic burden left in the wake of Nargis has caused many other girls from
3rd May : a european support demonstration at Trafalgar Square (London) for Zarganar and freedom of speech in Burma
Wednesday, May 5 2010
The event was the first one as an European event for a non-political Burmese individual. Together Burmese in exile in London and European coming from overseas (Italy, Belgium, France... and UK) chanted "Free Zarganar NOW" on Trafalgar
(Poème) Qu'est-ce qui est arrivé à Nargis ?
Friday, April 30 2010
Qu'est-ce qui est arrivé à Nargis ? Des sacs de riz acheminé par hélico Des 4x4 loués à 400 £ Les prix de Bogale surpassent ceux d'Inya Road. Qu'est-ce qui est arrivé à Nargis ? Les humanitaires occidentaux ont eu des salaires des téléphones
(Poem). What happened with Nargis ?
Friday, April 30 2010
What happened with Nargis ? Rice bags rode by rotor 4WDs rented at £400 Bogale prices outstripped Inya Road. What happened with Nargis ? Holland Beers got salaries Strand satphones Sold for a grand. What happened with Nargis ? Saltpans were saturated
Nargis + 2 : a Human Rights Watch report ‘I Want to Help My Own People'
Thursday, April 29 2010
The 102-page report, "‘I Want to Help My Own People': State Control and Civil Society in Burma after Cyclone Nargis," is based on 135 interviews with cyclone survivors, aid workers, and other eyewitnesses, details the Burmese military
Nargis + 2 ans : le rapport de Human Rights Watch ‘Je veux aider mon peuple’
Thursday, April 29 2010
Le rapport de Human Rights Watch de 102 pages intitulé « ‘Je veux aider mon peuple’ : Contrôle exercé par l’État sur la société civile en Birmanie après le cyclone Nargis » est basé sur 135 entretiens avec des rescapés du cyclone, des travailleurs
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