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  1. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    September, 2011
    Myanmar

    Construction of various project components
    to extract, process, and export the Shwe
    gas - as well as oil trans-shipments from
    Africa and the Middle East - is now well
    underway. Local peoples are losing their land
    and fishing grounds without finding new job
    opportunities. Workers that have found lowpaying
    temporary jobs are exploited and fired for
    demanding basic rights. Women face unequal
    wages, discrimination in the compensation
    process, and vulnerabilities in the growing sex
    industry around the project.

  2. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2011
    Myanmar

    ဤနိုးဆော်မှုများသည် မြန်မာနိုင်ငံ၏ ရေရှည်တည်တံ့ခိုင်မြဲသော ဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေး ကဏ္ဍများတွင်ပါ၀င်မည့် အဖွဲ့အစည်းများ၊ တသီးပုဂ္ဂလများအတွက် အချက်အလက်ရင်းမြစ်များပင် ဖြစ်သည်။ ဤအချက်အလက် ရင်းမြစ်များသည် ရေရှည်တည်တံ့ခိုင်မြဲသောဖွံ့ဖြိုးရေးအယူအဆ၊ မြန်မာ အစိုးရ၏ တာဝန်ဝတ္တရားများနှင့် ဆောင်ရွက်ရန်ရှိသည့်အချက်အလက်များကိုဖော်ပြသည်။

  3. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2011
    Myanmar

    Preliminary: 1. Objectives... 2. Nature and scope..... General matters: 3. Guiding principles of responsible tenure governance... 3A General principles... 3B Principles of implementation... 4. Rights and responsibilities related to tenure... 5. Policy, legal and organizational frameworks related to tenure... 6. Delivery of services..... Legal recognition and allocation of tenure rights and duties: 7. Safeguards... 8. Public land, fisheries and forests... 9. Indigenous peoples and other communities with customary tenure systems... 10. Informal tenure.....

  4. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    November, 2011
    Myanmar

    The Burmese military government, together with
    the government of India, is planning to build a giant
    hydroelectric dam near Tamanthi on the Chindwin River
    in northwest Burma’s Sagaing Division. The dam’s fl ood
    reservoir will be almost 1,400 sq km, the size of Delhi, and
    will permanently displace over 45,000 people, including
    the entire town of Khamti. Already over 2,400 people have
    been relocated at gunpoint from the dam site, without fair
    compensation.
    The Tamanthi dam will adversely affect the biodiversity

  5. Library Resource
    Reports & Research
    October, 2011
    Myanmar

    This report validates the fact that multi-national and transnational companies are violating the Ta'ang ethnic nationals' fundamental human rights. The confiscation of Ta'ang peoples' land and the exploitation of their natural resources in which they depend for their subsistence and livelihood are outlined in this report. The Myanmar government continues to permit the persistence of business practices which are illegal under national and international laws.

  6. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    May, 2011
    Myanmar

    ...Life for farmers and workers in Burma is growing increasingly more difficult. The minimum wage fails to provide the ‘just and favourable remuneration’ that ensures ‘an existence worthy of human dignity’ that is guaranteed by Article 23 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

  7. Library Resource
    Policy Papers & Briefs
    January, 2011
    Myanmar

    This report provides an overview of issues related to upland smallholder land tenure. The immediate
    objective of the report is to promote a shared understanding of land tenure issues by national-level
    stakeholders, with a longer term objective of improving the land tenure, livelihood and food security of
    upland farm families. The report is intended for government and non-government agencies, policy
    makers and those impacted by policy. The report covers four main areas: status of and trends in upland

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