The Dorothea S. Clarke Program in Feminist Jurisprudence Presents: Women and Democratic Change in Myanmar 

About the Talk

Women in Myanmar are driving social justice, criminal justice, and political parity, especially since the 2021 military coup.  Social norms and cultural barriers hinder women's access to social justice in healthcare, education, employment, family matters, and cultural and religious rights. On the other hand, gender stereotypes reduced women's prospects of standing for office and being chosen by their party, which can be seen in Myanmar's 2008 constitutional elections. Myanmar women face economic exploitation, sexist oppression, racial and ethnic discrimination, trafficking, and gender-based violence, all of which are increasingly becoming political issues. Following a woman's rape case, Rohingya were forcibly displaced in 2017. Women have always experienced systematic discrimination, preventing them from accessing social, criminal, and political justice. However, women keep driving and participating in politics, even in armed conflicts, with the resilience of desire, love, caring, support, patience, and peace to make Myanmar a democratic country.

(***this topic is based on an unpublished research paper.) 

About the Speaker

Su Yin Htun is an Institute of International Education Scholar Rescue Fund (IIE-SRF) Fellow and Visiting Scholar in the Einaudi Center for International Studies' Southeast Asia Program. Ms. Htun is a law professor who has participated in the Civil Disobedience Movement. 

This talk will be followed by a Q&A session. 

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