The budget for school infrastructure projects has been cut so that teachers can have the pay increase that President U Win Myint promised shortly after he was sworn into office in March, Education Deputy Minister U Win Maw Tun said. “The cut was made according to the law. It is not because we don...

The Department of Agriculture has plans to open a call centre aimed at quickly answering agricultural questions from farmers throughout Myanmar. While the Department of Agriculture’s main task is to provide educational support to rural farmers, problems arise when sending individual staff members...

Imagine not being able to vote in today's by-elections or get a driver's licence or even open a bank account. Suppose you were considered not to 'exist' in your own country, being a person suspended in Statelessness? It's estimated that over 137 million people in the Southern African region lack any...

Refugee women and girls are at high risk of sexual harassment when living in refugee camps. In South Sudan the Danish Refugee Council is raising awareness and fighting the problem through large scale campaigns, delivering training to refugees and other NGOs and providing assistance for the victims.

It has been almost one year since the New Mon State Party (NMSP) signed the Nationwide CeasefireAgreement (NCA). The NMSP signed the NCA in February 2018, and was then invited to have one representative join the Joint Monitoring Committee Union-Level (JMC-U) established to oversee the ceasefire. How...