POLICY PAPERS
Women's League of Burma analyzed the Principles of Gender Equality Adopted by Union Peace Conference on the Union Peace Conference-21st Century Panglong held on 11-16 July 2018, out of the five sectors, namely, political; social; economics; security and, land and natural resources; the principle of gender equality was discussed as one of the federal principles for political sectors. The Women…
The "Procedural and Substantive Suggestions for the Proposed Protection and Prevention of Violence Against Women Law" paper was commissioned by the Women's League of Burma to highlight how the process of the Prevention of Violence Against Women Bill (PoVAW) has been delayed and to provide substantive suggestions to the drafting committee and government. In this paper, the WLB has analyzed the…
This report was commissioned by the Women’s League of Burma to analyze the National Strategic Plan for the Advancement of Women (NSPAW), which was launched by the government in 2013. The report finds that NSPAW has failed to address issues including the 2008 Constitution, decades of armed conflict, the ongoing power of the military and old laws and legal frameworks, which would lead to…
Policy Paper by the Salween Institute for Public Policy in Partnership with the Women's League of Burma January 2018
This paper has been written in order to support efforts to increase women’s participation in negotiations for a cease-fire agreement, political negotiations, and legislative and administrative processes. We hope to promote gender equality through more women’s…
The Women’s League of Burma (WLB) would like to emphasize the necessity of positive measures in creating a constitution for Burma that protects women’s rights and promotes gender equality in Burma.
The Argument: This paper argues that it is necessary not only to recognize the unequal status between women and men in Burma, but also to address that unequal status by adopting…
The briefing paper set out in three stages our case for introducing a quote system into a future federal Burmese constitution including analysis on women’s involvement and representation in Burma’s past constitutions and the various constitution drafting processes, the outlines of our rational for enshrining affirmative action, and quota systems in particular, in a federal constitution and our…