More than 300 students, teachers and principals participated in a tsunami evacuation drill to assess the schools’ emergency preparedness.
Women’s rights activist from Chin State and the founder of the Women’s League of Chinland, Tuan Cer Sung Cheery Zahu (Cheery) is this year’s N-Peace winner from Myanmar.
A project that builds Myanmar's resilience to withstand the impact of earthquakes through better preparedness was launched today.
A series of reports on “Access to Justice and Informal Justice Systems in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States” were launched by UNDP last week.
The Myanmar Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) marked the International Anti-Corruption Day at an event in Nay Pyi Taw on 8 December 2018.
When temperatures soared in the already blazing heat of Myanmar’s Dry Zone, Kyaw Htaing was alarmed for the well-being of the piglets he was raising.
Newly elected Members of Parliament took their seats in Myanmar’s State and Region Hluttaws (Parliaments) in April 2016.
UNDP Myanmar Annual Report 2016
The report describes the results achieved by UNDP in the areas of democratic governance, local governance and disaster resilience and environmental governance. 2016 was a historic year for Myanmar, as the country took further steps on the road towards peace and democracy. The National League for Democracy (NLD), led by Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, took office in March 2016, and UNDP, together with the rest of the international community, welcomed Myanmar’s first civilian government in more than 50 years.
Measuring Myanmar's Starting Point for the Sustainable Development Goals: SDG Indicator Baseline Report
This report is a first attempt at compiling the baseline data that currently exists on Myanmar for the SDGs. It discusses and explains the available data and provides comparison to the regional and global level. Finally, a technical annex provides detailed information on data sources and methodological notes for each SDG Indicator, to provide a technical reference for consistently continuing the monitoring of these indicators over the coming years.
Crossing the Barriers
This film follows the journeys of 6 local women administrators in Myanmar. Local administrators, known as Village Tract/Ward Administrators connect communities to township administration. There are approximately 17,000 village tracts and wards in the country. In the 2012 Ward and Village Tract administrator election, only 41 out of 16785 seats (0.24 percent of total seats) were won by women. In the 2016 Ward and Village Tract Administrator election, the number of female representation in ward and village tract administration doubled to 88 with women taking 0.5 % of the seats. About 31 % of female WVTAs were re-elected to their second term.
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About Myanmar
51.4 million
Population
70%
Rural Population
92.3%
Adult Literacy
4.6%
Women's Representation in Parliament