Myanmar/Burma

Action Resource Campaign: Free Burma
ARC campaigns against multinational corporations that continue to exploit Burma's natural resources and support the extremely repressive military regime that is notorious for human rights abuses. ARC supports the women who have been actively resisting the brutal dominance of the military regime (SLORC) by providing education and health care. To read more, click on: ARC.

Campaign around License to Rape report
A new report produced by Shan human rights groups reveals extensive use of sexual violence, mostly by Burmese military officers, in Shan State over the past five years. The report "Licence to Rape," by the Shan Human Rights Foundation and the Shan Women's Action Network, documents how over 600 girls and women were raped or sexually assaulted by the Burmese military officers, usually in front of their own troops. A campaign to bring awareness of the findings of the report has been put in motion. Click here to find out more about this campaign