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Myanmar’s desperate families are sending their children out to work - Kyna Intel, 2022-11-15T12:19:51+07:00

"Dire economic circumstances are forcing an increasing number of school-aged children to work to support their families, leaving them vulnerable to ...

Myanmar’s garment factories power through energy crisis—that might be the problem - Kyna Intel, 2022-06-23T14:57:09+07:00

"Myanmar’s garment factories are still chugging along despite local reports that power outages and rising fuel prices have pushed nearly all of them to the ...

Myanmar’s garment workers squeezed between boycotts, brands and junta - Kyna Intel, 2021-08-31T04:33:50+07:00

"As large fashion brands begin placing garment orders once again in Myanmar, the sector's largely female workforce must balance diminished worker’s rights, ...

Myanmar’s garment workers are caught between COVID-19 and the coup - Kyna Intel, 2022-04-14T16:52:06+07:00

"The coup also introduced political pressures that place garment workers in a difficult position as they weigh political activism with economic and physical ...

Myanmar’s highest labour organization decries military’s tripartite meeting - Kyna Intel, 2021-08-31T19:52:00+07:00

"The Confederation of Trade Unions Myanmar (CTUM), Myanmar’s highest independent labour organization representing the mass of workers in Myanmar, has decried ...

Myanmar’s supply chains break down amid fuel shortages - Kyna Intel, 2022-08-17T13:11:31+07:00

"Amid serious fuel shortages and price hikes across Myanmar, businesses say they will soon halt operations unless availability improves. [...] A garment ...

Myanmar’s workers left vulnerable as junta crushes unions - Kyna Intel, 2022-09-16T09:33:16+07:00

"Myanmar’s labor unions have been all but crushed amid a crackdown by the junta in the more than 19 months since the military seized power in a coup, according ...

Myanmar: Coup, COVID-19, and the ongoing economic crisis - Kyna Intel, 2022-06-16T16:46:59+07:00

"The twin crisis induced by the virus and the coup has also dampened Myanmar’s external trade, which slumped from US$ 20.36 billion in October 2020 to US$ ...

Myanmar: ETI, Fair Wear Foundation & other expert parties to develop human rights impact assessment - Kyna Intel, 2021-09-21T15:40:54+07:00

"Since February this year, the world has watched the situation in Myanmar continue to deteriorate. The impacts of the military coup have come at great cost to ...

Myanmar: industrial women workers are fighting back – revive the labour movement! - Kyna Intel, 2022-07-13T10:06:32+07:00

"Yesterday in Myanmar, we saw a spontaneous outbreak of industrial workers’ protest against wage cuts, worsening conditions in the workplace and the ...