/channels/taxonomy/term/16347/all en /channels/channels/news/revolution-female-myanmars-women-fighting-against-min-aung-hlaings-junta-australian-institute-348646 <p>June 7th, 2023 | In this article, Isabella Aung shows how civil activism in Myanmar against the military junta is being increasingly led by women. Despite overwhelming odds, they are beginning to have impact. Southeast Asia has been facing a significant authoritarian turn in the past decade. This political trend puts women activists at risk for the simple reason that autocrats fear women and have traditionally taken extreme measures to eliminate feminist challenges to authoritarian power.</p> Wed, 07 Jun 2023 14:46:49 +0000 webfull 190023 at /channels /channels/channels/news/who-should-represent-myanmar-un-oped-piece-isid-director-erik-kuhonta-333451 <p>Since the Feb. 1 coup that ousted the democratically elected government of Aung San Suu Kyi, Myanmar has been stalemated between two very uneven, but equally resolute forces. Professor Erik Kuhonta explores the issue in an op-ed piece in the Globe and Mail.  The full article can be found in the link provided.</p> Thu, 16 Sep 2021 18:41:22 +0000 webfull 173169 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-military-forces-stages-coup-myanmar-328198 <p>Myanmar’s military staged a coup Monday and detained senior politicians including state counsellor and Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi — a sharp reversal of the significant, if uneven, progress toward democracy the Southeast Asian nation has made following five decades of military rule. (<a href="https://apnews.com/article/myanmar-coup-aung-san-suu-kyi-dda3d013897e14d5d0bd44d19eac9cd1" rel="noreferrer noopener" target="_blank">Associated Press</a>) </p> <p>Here is an expert from ���ϲ����� University that can provide comment on this topic: </p> Mon, 01 Feb 2021 20:07:20 +0000 webfull 167464 at /channels /channels/channels/news/isid-policy-brief-key-issues-myanmar-november-2020-elections-325908 <p>On 8 November 2020, Myanmar will hold its second election since the country’s gradual liberalization began. Despite presenting itself as a force for liberal democracy five years ago, the National League for Democracy (NLD) has demonstrated its unwillingness to commit itself to the protection of civil freedoms and the expansion of federal governance.</p> Wed, 04 Nov 2020 17:48:52 +0000 webfull 164897 at /channels /channels/channels/news/n-peace-award-winner-may-sabe-phyu-discussion-isid-director-erik-kuhonta-321112 <p>The Institite for the Study of International Development and the ���ϲ����� Southeast Asia Research Program (SEARP) are glad to announce that Myanmar based gender expert, May Sabe Phyu, has recently won an N-Peace Award from the United Nations Development Program (UNDP). We were lucky to interview May when she visited the International Development Research Center (IDRC) headquarters in Ottawa in May 2019 to give a talk on female political participation in Myanmar.</p> Wed, 11 Mar 2020 18:33:18 +0000 webfull 159523 at /channels /channels/channels/news/expert-violence-myanmar-270125 <p>“The United Nations secretary-general, António Guterres, has appealed to Myanmar to end the violence that has led more than 120,000 Rohingya people to flee in the last two weeks, which he warned was ‘creating a situation that can destabilise the region’.” (<em><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/05/more-than-120000-rohingya-flee-myanmar-violence-un-says">The Guardian</a></em>)</p> <div> <p><strong><a href="/politicalscience/faculty/kuhonta">Erik Kuhonta</a>, Political Science, ���ϲ����� University</strong></p></div> Thu, 07 Sep 2017 17:05:50 +0000 webfull 130885 at /channels