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A MYANMAR HISTORY THREAD:
I saw this great piece, and I wanted to add some context about just how much the cause of Myanmar women has been set back after 60 years of brutal and misogynistic oppression by the Burmese military.
aljazeera.com/features/2021/…
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
I saw this great piece, and I wanted to add some context about just how much the cause of Myanmar women has been set back after 60 years of brutal and misogynistic oppression by the Burmese military.
aljazeera.com/features/2021/…
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
Before military dictatorship in 1962, women had much more power, especially in commerce.
This extract from “Debating Democratization in Myanmar” (ed. Nick Cheesman) talks of businesses that were owned by Myanmar women.
Naga Daw Oo was my great-aunt.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
This extract from “Debating Democratization in Myanmar” (ed. Nick Cheesman) talks of businesses that were owned by Myanmar women.
Naga Daw Oo was my great-aunt.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
This extract is from my book Mandalay.
My grandmother’s first business The Burmese Paper Mart was requisitioned by the Myanmar military.
My grandmother never forgave them.
And she was just one of many women who they did this to.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
My grandmother’s first business The Burmese Paper Mart was requisitioned by the Myanmar military.
My grandmother never forgave them.
And she was just one of many women who they did this to.
#WhatsHappeningInMyanmar
