Plastic pollution is everywhere you look and growing far too quickly. The international crisis has most certainly reached Myanmar.
The Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and the Anti-Corruption & Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) of the Republic of Korea affirmed their mutual interest to strengthen bilateral cooperation and share knowledge and expertise on preventing and eliminating corruption.
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, and UNDP, the UN Development Programme, agreed today in Nay Pyi Taw with the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar on the text for the tripartite Memorandum of Understanding (MoU).
In the week of 14th May, school evacuation drills were conducted in Labutta Township where more than 200 students, teachers and principals participated in tsunami education activities and assessed the schools’ emergency preparedness. The schools, Basic Education High School 2 and 3 Mile Basic Education High School in Labutta participated in the activities.
Building on the success of two similar events held in 2016 and 2017, this seminar specifically targeted ways of implementing the Hluttaw Strategic Development plans drafted over the past year, focusing on professional development support to members of Parliament and Hluttaw staff, as well as developing parliamentary committees.
Many people may say they understand the concept of gender, but the question is, do they really?
The programme targeted executive and senior government officials, and focused on raising awareness in four key areas.
Consilidated Summary Report: Access to Justice and Informal Justice Systems in Kachin, Rakhine and Shan States
Between October 2015 and July 2016, UNDP in Myanmar conducted a study on access to justice and informal justice systems in 16 townships in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan States. This consolidated report summarises the findings (which are presented in detail in the state reports). It is important to note that the findings are indicative rather than representative, because of the sampling methodology and cannot be generalised to any wider population.
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