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    59 Search results for "Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement"

    Lead Story News Women's Issues

    Ministry proposes death penalty for perpetrators of ‘severe sexual violence’

    The draft bill has this week been sent to the Office of the Attorney General for ratification, before it is in turn passed on to the Union parliament for deliberation.

    Arakan Lead Story News Rohingya

    Thousands of non-Muslims evacuated amid latest flare-up of violence in Arakan

    Burma’s government said it has evacuated at least 4,000 non-Muslim villagers amid ongoing clashes in northwestern Arakan State, as thousands more Rohingya Muslims sought to flee across the border to Bangladesh on Sunday.

    Lead Story News

    Nearly $6m budgeted for landmine initiatives in 2017

    The UN children’s agency (UNICEF) and Burma’s government reiterated their goal of spending $5.9 million this year on landmine risk education, victims’ assistance, capacity-building and other related projects as a ceremony was held yesterday to mark International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action.

    Lead Story News Refugees

    Thailand begins repatriating refugees from Burma

    The first, voluntary repatriation of 68 Burmese refugees from camps along the Thai-Burmese border began on Tuesday, in a move the UNHCR called a “milestone”.

    Labour Issues Lead Story News Rangoon

    A sordid case of enslavement and torture at a Rangoon tailor shop

    The four detained suspects are all members of one family that operated the Ava Tailors garment shop in the heart of Rangoon’s old colonial quarter.

    Lead Story News Women's Issues

    Burma’s laws and traditions failing abused women

    Women who are victims of abusive husbands face cultural and legal barriers if they want to file for a divorce or lodge a criminal complaint.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News Pegu Division

    Pegu farmlands destroyed by floods

    “Farmlands located in the east and west of Zigon were destroyed. The floodwater is yet to subside, and the river is still swelling.”

    Lead Story News Society Women's Issues

    Social taboos, lack of education behind rise in abandoned babies

    Women’s activists and lawmakers say a stigma on single mothers should be addressed and youth sex education expanded to stop a rise in abandoned newborns.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    A week of extreme weather leaves 17 dead, thousands homeless

    Extreme weather conditions over the past week affected nearly 60,000 people, according to government figures.

    Land Lead Story News Politics

    ‘Colonial style’ red tape blamed for delay in returning seized land

    Burma’s parliamentary Farmland Investigation Commission has cited the overwhelming layers of bureaucracy as the foremost cause for delays in returning confiscated land to its original owners.

    Aid Karen Lead Story News

    Burmese govt launches aid effort for IDPs in Karen State

    Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement says it has delivered humanitarian relief for over 3,800 villagers displaced by recent hostilities.

    Land Lead Story News Rangoon

    Shop owners evicted in north Rangoon

    The Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement has been urging the shop owners to vacate the land since 2013, claiming that the area is owned by the government.

    Lead Story News

    Floods surge in Kayah State

    Heavy rain in Kayah State has caused widespread flooding and left a path of devastation for residents. Yesterday dozens of wards in the in the capital of Kayah State, Loikaw, experienced widespread[…]

    Lead Story News

    Floods leave a path of destruction across Burma

    Flash flooding continues to wreak havoc across Burma this week claiming three lives and leaving a path of destruction. Three people have been killed in the floods in Magwe Division,[…]

    Ethnic issues Lead Story News

    Aid workers concerned over ambitious plan to close IDP camps

    The Burmese government is drawing up plans to shutter displacement camps across the country, but aid workers say food rations and sustainable security should be first on the priority list.

    Accidents Lead Story News

    Monetary aid given to victims’ families following deadly bridge collapse

    The families of two people killed when a bridge in Myaungmya Township collapsed over the weekend have received 2.6 million kyats ($1,950) in financial assistance from two Union ministries and the Irrawaddy Region government.

    Analysis Lead Story News Women's Issues

    Rape avoidance 101: Government advice on curbing sexual assault elicits scorn

    The Home Affairs Ministry has been blasted for re-enforcing harmful assumptions about gender-based violence after it released a document positing that women consuming alcohol was among the leading causes of the rape of women and children.

    Lead Story News Shan

    Shan state govt pledges compensation to victims of Lashio bomb blast

    The state government has offered financial assistance of 500,000 kyat (US$375) to both families of those killed.

    International Relations Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Bangladesh says start of Rohingya return to Burma delayed

    Bangladesh has delayed the repatriation of Rohingya Muslim refugees to Burma, set to start on Tuesday, because the process of compiling and verifying the list of people to be sent back is incomplete, a senior Bangladeshi official said.

    Aid Arakan Lead Story News

    UN rejects Burma claim that it agreed to help build housing for refugees

    A UN settlement programme on Thursday rejected a Burmese state media report that it had agreed to help build housing for people fleeing violence in northern Arakan State, where an army operation has displaced hundreds of thousands.

    Health Lead Story News

    CSOs left to plug mental healthcare gap for former political prisoners

    Former political prisoners are still locked in a battle against depression and anxiety – the aftermath of decades of imprisonment and isolation.

    Lead Story Magwe News Sagaing

    2 killed, 100,000 displaced by floods in Burma

    Water levels have risen steadily since unrelenting monsoon rain began in early July, driving some people to higher land or seek shelter in Buddhist monasteries, says official.

    Lead Story News Sagaing

    3 dead as flooding wracks Upper Sagaing

    “Floodwaters have swept away 23 houses and affected more than 10,000 people,” said Dr. Zaw Win, the regional minister of social affairs for Sagaing Division.

    Lead Story Migrants Issues News

    2,500 Burmese migrant workers deported

    Thailand’s caretaker Prime Minister Prayut Chan-o-cha has reacted to the crisis, attempting to loosen the harsh law that spurred the exodus.

    IDPs Kachin Lead Story News

    Tanai IDPs face pressure to relocate

    With thousands of miners and their families in recent days having fled gold and amber mines in villages across Tanai Township to Tanai town, in northern Kachin State, the military has told leaders at the camps for the internally displaced that the temporary settlements should be moved elsewhere.

    Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Indian ship delivers aid for cyclone victims

    The humanitarian aid included food, drinking water, clothes and medicine, according to a statement from the Indian embassy.

    Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Cyclone Mora damaged or destroyed 20,000 houses in Burma

    According to the ministry, the highest level of destruction was in Maungdaw, northwestern Arakan State.

    Feature Features (OLD) Lead Story News

    Too young to toil: Burma’s child labour epidemic

    The government has taken the first step to address the rampant problem of child labour throughout the country by drafting a five-year National Action Plan to eliminate child labour.

    Conflict IDPs Lead Story News

    Children in Burma’s conflict-hit areas risk getting left behind: UN

    About 2.2 million children living in remote, conflict-hit parts of Burma could be left behind as the country rapidly develops following decades of military rule, the United Nations warns.

    Arakan Lead Story Natural Disasters News

    Responders at the ready as Cyclone Maarutha hits Burma

    Storm’s path runs between Thandwe and Sittwe. Locals and visitors are warned of high waves, landslides and mudslides, and some 13cm of rainfall by Tuesday.

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