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    80 Search results for "Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement"

    Arakan International Relations Lead Story News Rohingya

    US envoy to UN demands Burma prosecutions, weapons curbs

    US Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley on Thursday called on countries to suspend providing weapons to Burma over violence against Rohingya Muslims until the military puts sufficient accountability measures in place.

    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.

    IDPs Kachin Lead Story News

    At odds with military in Kachin, minister supports new IDP camps ‘if necessary’

    Although the Burmese military doesn’t want camps established for those recently displaced by clashes between government troops and the Kachin Independence Army, a cabinet official for the government has insisted that camps should be set up if necessary.

    Lead Story News

    Minister contradicts cabinet colleague on freedom of movement for NVC holders

    Burma’s Minister for Labour, Immigration and Population Thein Swe has denied an assertion made by one of his cabinet colleagues last week of plans to relax travel restrictions for holders of National Verification Cards, the vast majority of whom would be Rohingya Muslims.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    USDP condemns plan to allow Rohingyas right to travel

    “Security and rule of law in the nation are at critical risk,” said a party statement.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    UN, Dhaka dispute Burma’s Rohingya repatriation claim

    “This is in no way a repatriation, rather it is propaganda,” said the Bangladeshi government’s Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner.

    Lead Story News Rohingya

    Burma repatriates first Rohingya refugee family: government

    Burma on Saturday repatriated the first Rohingya family from nearly 700,000 refugees who have fled to Bangladesh, after months of fraught talks with Dhaka and amid the United Nations’ warnings that the country is not ready for their return.

    Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Burmese minister to visit Rohingya camps as Bangladesh seeks refugees’ return

    A Burmese government minister will visit Rohingya refugee camps in Bangladesh on Wednesday, officials said, a rare trip that Dhaka hopes will help speed the return home of hundreds of thousands of the neighbouring nation’s Muslim minority.

    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.

    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.

    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 Rohingya

    UN urges rethink of Rohingya repatriations to ensure safeguards

    The UN refugee agency and other groups have urged a rethink of the plan to send Rohingya refugees back to Burma amid fears of forced repatriations and the inability of aid agencies to ensure the safety of hundreds of thousands who fled bloodshed at home.

    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.

    Lead Story News Rakhine

    Officials inspect repatriation sites in Rakhine; temporary camp for 30,000 slated

    Two senior government officials over the weekend inspected camps being readied in anticipation of the repatriation of hundreds of thousands of Rohingya refugees from Rakhine State, who are currently sheltering in neighbouring Bangladesh.

    Lead Story News Refugees Rohingya

    Rohingya refugee repatriation to start on 22 January

    Minister Win Myat Aye said a group of 450 Hindu refugees will be allowed back across the border on 22 January as the first step in the repatriation process.

    Lead Story News Rakhine

    24 political parties oppose foreigner involvement in Rakhine advisory team

    Twenty-four political parties release a statement opposing the recent appointment of five foreign nationals to a 10-member “advisory team” tasked with monitoring implementation of recommendations laid out in August by the Advisory Commission on Rakhine State.

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