While it is true that I am struggling to make ends meet, I am sure that I will never turn back on their decision to participate in CDM, and I know that they will not give up on their dream to leave behind a better place for the next generation.
After the coup, switching off LNG stations and canceling solar projects approved by NLD government make occasional blackouts and prolonged power cuts. Skyrocketing fuel prices and prolonged power shortages hit all classes of people in Myanmar hard.
In the midst of many other global concerns, we continue to advocate to keep Myanmar on the public agenda through our events. In the beginning of this month, our regular #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar Monthly Updates provide important insights for informed action in support of the democratic movement in the country and beyond.
At the beginning of February 2021, I found myself overwhelmed, shocked and left in a state of fear and despair just like everyone else did. I kept asking myself what I could do for my country. On 8th February, I decided to participate in the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM) along with other civilians and civil servants who were working together to disrupt and dismantle all governing mechanisms. My friends told me to think about it, to not make a hasty decision since I am still too young to let go of the position and the job that I have, and a lot of opportunities for my future in the railway sector. However, I decided to continue participating in CDM until the revolutions win. I believe that I will be able to put on my favorite uniform again in the near future.
The banking sector collapsed following the coup in February 2021 in Myanmar with experiencing cash shortage, the Central bank’s difficulties in disbursing enough funds to private banks to cover the account holders’ daily needs, and running out of cash in ATMs as people wanted to withdraw their savings, and new requirements about withdrawals. Two stories by different authors about their experiences with the disrupted banking system were received under the “Living the Coup” Special initiative project and are presented below together since they complement each other.
Every day, the junta uses MRTV to threaten its own citizens by announcing the arrest warrants of those who took part in the protests, in the CDM (Civil Disobedience Movement) and those who support CRPH (Committee Representing Pyidaungsu Hluttaw) and NUG (National Unity Government). The junta is capable of only one thing: Threatening and arresting.
At the 2019 High-Level Meeting on Universal Health Coverage (UHC), women’s groups and their allies successfully lobbied for the recognition of gender equity and comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) as critical to UHC
The Department of Asian and North African Studies of Ca’ Foscari University of Venice and the Marco Polo Center for Global Europe-Asia Connections are pleased to offer a Summer School on Social Movements in Contemporary Southeast Asia.
အလုပ်မရှိတဲ့နေ့ရက်တွေရဲ့ မနက်ခင်းတွေဆိုရင် ဝီရိယနဲ့စောစောထလို့ လက်ဖက်ရည်ဆိုင်မှာဆုံ၊ မင်းအဆင်ပြေရင် ငါ့လည်းခေါ်ပါဦးလို့ မျက်နှာကိုဟိုးအောက်ဆုံးထိချလို့ သိပ်မခင်တဲ့သူငယ်ချင်း၊ လက်အောက်ငယ်သားပါမကျန် စကားမရှိ စကားရှာလို့၊ အပူရုပ်ကိုလည်း ဟန်မလုပ်အားပဲ ခေါ်မယ့်သူတွေများရှိရင်…မလိုလဲ လိုလဲ အိမ်မှာပြင်ထားခဲ့တဲ့ ထမင်းထုတ်ကလေးကို အိမ်ပြန်ယူလို့ သူငယ်ချင်းနောက် ကောက်ကောက်ပါအောင် လိုက်ခဲ့ရတဲ့ မနက်ခင်းပေါင်းလည်း မနည်းတော့ပါဘူး။
Confronted with so many deaths of people I knew, I have attended too many zoom masses to learn that spending time with friends and family is important. We realize we can live without a lot of things. Things we used to think were essential. But the really valuable things are family, health, and prayers.
