WUNRN
Direct Link to Report:
Profile of the Internal Displacement
Siuation in Myanmar (Burma)
Internal Displacement Monitoring
Centre
Norwegian Refugee Council
14 February, 2008
Myanmar (Burma)-No End in Sight for Internal Displacement
Crisis
Examples of Gender Components of
Report:
*Ethnic Minority Women Face Human
Rights Violations.
*Displaced Women Suffer From Army's
Widespread Use Of Sexual Violence In The
Shan State And Other Conflict
Areas.
*Limited Access To Education Among
Myanmar Internally Displaced Persons (IDP's)
*Poor Nutrition Status Among
Displaced Children And Women Of Reproductive Age
*Women In The Karen State Are Frequently
Sexually Abused.
*A Report By The Shan Human Rights
Forum Documented Systematic Rape Of Shan
Women.
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