This public event highlighted findings from the Special Rapporteur’s July 2024 conference room paper, “Courage during Crisis: Gendered Impacts of the Coup and the Pursuit of Gender Equality in Myanmar.” The report details the devastating and widespread impacts on women, girls and LGBT people of the political, economic and humanitarian crisis precipitated by the February 2021 military coup. The event will provide a platform for an in-depth discussion on the unique challenges faced by women, girls and LGBT individuals in Myanmar as a result of the military coup, and the vital role of women and LGBT activists in the revolutionary movement. 

Opening Remarks

Tom Andrews, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Myanmar

Ambassador Andreas Løvold, Deputy Permanent Representative, Permanent Mission of Norway to the United Nations

Panel

Elise Keppler, Global Justice Center – Moderator

Representative from Women Advocacy Coalition-Myanmar

Representative from Women’s League of Burma

Representative from Refugee Women for Peace and Justice