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Beneath the Cracks

April 28, 2025/in Briefing Papers, ND-Burma's Reports

Devastation and Destruction by the Junta in the Earthquake Aftermath One month ago, on 28 March 2025, a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Burma and neighbouring Thailand. In an instant, lives were changed forever. Buildings buckled and fell to the ground, leaving many trapped and buried under rubble, fearing for their lives. Places of worship […]

The Enlistment of Women: Gendered Impacts of Forced Conscriptionby the Military Junta

April 23, 2025/in Press Releases and Statements

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases New Briefing Paper,The Enlistment of Women: Gendered Impacts of Forced Conscriptionby the Military Junta 23 April 2025 Today, the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) releases a new briefing paper titled, The Enlistment of Women: Gendered Impacts of Forced Conscription by the Military Junta. […]

Beneath the Cracks

April 28, 2025/in Briefing Papers, ND-Burma's Reports

The Enlistment of Women: Gendered Impacts of Forced Conscriptionby the Military Junta

April 23, 2025/in Press Releases and Statements

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April 28, 2025/in Briefing Papers, ND-Burma's Reports

Devastation and Destruction by the Junta in the Earthquake Aftermath

One month ago, on 28 March 2025, a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Burma and neighbouring Thailand. In an instant, lives were changed forever. Buildings buckled and fell to the ground, leaving many trapped and buried under rubble, fearing for their lives. Places of worship and religious sites were also shattered. Aftershocks continued in the weeks after the initial earthquake.

The hardest hit areas included the Sagaing and Mandalay regions. Eighty percent of the townships in Sagaing were destroyed. Recent estimates at the time of writing indicate that at least 3600 people were killed and thousands more wounded and missing, with more than 17 million living in the areas affected who are in urgent need of assistance.

International and regional emergency response teams were dispatched, and even the junta made a rare appeal for humanitarian assistance, though not without preceding their agenda. Those with immediate access to the country were the junta’s long-time allies, including Russia, India and China, with others, such as Taiwan, being denied entry.

Civil society organizations immediately cautioned against the junta’s weaponization of aid, which predates their response to previous natural disaster relief efforts in the country, including Cyclone Nargis in 2008, Cyclone Mocha in 2023 and, most recently, Typhoon Yagi last year.

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The Enlistment of Women: Gendered Impacts of Forced Conscriptionby the Military Junta

April 23, 2025/in Press Releases and Statements

The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases New Briefing Paper,
The Enlistment of Women: Gendered Impacts of Forced Conscription
by the Military Junta

23 April 2025

Today, the Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma (ND-Burma) releases a new briefing paper titled, The Enlistment of Women: Gendered Impacts of Forced Conscription by the Military Junta. ND-Burma is alarmed by the regime’s actions to not only illegally and violently force young men to join the military but also to engage in recent activities that include the forced enlistment of women. Our latest research finds that women face immense risks in junta custody, and the dangerous attempts to make them fight on the battlefield present additional risks that undermine their safety and security.

Despite the Burmese military claiming that women would not be enlisted following the enactment of the People’s Military Service Law, registration for women between the ages of 18 and 27 began at the start of the year, prompting fears and uncertainty. The junta’s forced conscription is seen as the latest attempt to distract from their losses on the battlefield and the many soldiers who have defected from their ranks and battalions.

ND-Burma members are concerned about the safety and security of young women and girls. The gendered impacts of forced conscription have been catastrophic across various communities in Burma, where mothers, daughters, sisters and even pregnant women have been separated from their families to be enlisted. In Southeastern Burma, the Human Rights Foundation of Monland (HURFOM) reported that women forced to serve under the junta have begun training in Kyaikto township, Mawlamyine. In the Mon State Revolutionary Force (MSRF), hundreds of women fled to liberation areas after the announcement of the fifth batch of recruitment.

Among the many human rights violations women face if forcibly conscripted include human trafficking, displacement, sexual exploitation, trauma and distress, sexual violence and others.

Additional insights from our members, notably women-led organizations such as the Kachin Women’s Association Thailand, the Ta’ang Women’s Organization, and the Tavoyan Women’s Union, were contextualized through their documentation of crimes against women and young girls. There is an overwhelming amount of evidence collected by women-led civil society organizations, which makes clear that misogyny and violent behaviour are tolerated and excused by the military junta.

Moreover, it is abundantly clear that the forced conscription effort must be met with intervention by the international community to ensure that no lives are lost or harm is inflicted upon the men and women compelled to fight in a war brutally imposed by the Burmese Army.

Women have asserted that the future of Burma must include gender equality. These goals must be achieved simultaneously to ensure that all people, regardless of gender, are granted the same protections, freedoms, and fundamental rights. Women human rights defenders continue to advocate for gender equality and reliable justice pathways for victims of violence in Burma. They must be heard, and their calls must be transformed into policies and laws to protect all women.

For more information:

Nai Aue Mon

Signal: +66 86 1679 741

San Htoi

Signal: +66 64 9369 070

The Network for Human Rights Documentation-Burma (ND-Burma) consists of 13 organisations representing a range of ethnic nationalities, women, and former political prisoners. Since 2004, ND-Burma member organisations have been documenting human rights abuses and fighting for justice for victims. The network has nine full members and four affiliate members.

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The Network for Human Rights Documentation – Burma Releases New Briefing Paper,
The Enlistment of Women: Gendered Impacts of Forced Conscription
by the Military Junta