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A/HRC/56/CRP.8 • Ensure programs are developed in partnership with local women’s and LGBT groups to ensure program design and activities respond appropriately to the local context and the particular needs of these populations • Partner with and support local actors to enable telecommunications access and strengthen digital security measures, particularly in areas highly impacted by conflict • Provide comprehensive support for: • Protection and assistance programs that provide support for survivors of sexual and gender-based violence, including medical support, psychological support, legal assistance, and safe houses for victims and at-risk individuals • Protection and assistance programs for women and LGBT human rights defenders, including relocation support • Sexual and reproductive health care and programming • Mental health needs, including through trainings of local counselors • Women’s livelihoods, including by improving access to markets, resources, mentorship, skills training, and education • Documentation of sexual and gender-based violence and other violations of the rights of women, girls, and LGBT people, including by supporting best practices and secure data storage systems for local civil society organizations • The political participation of women and LGBT political leaders, including by providing technical assistance, skills training, and staff support and by covering travel costs for women and their children • In-person cross exchanges between diverse women and LGBT organizations to support coordination, information exchange, learning, and relationship and organizational strengthening in support of gender justice; and • Gender-transformative and survivor-centered transitional justice policies and processes by opposition governance actors and local civil society groups. • Require that funds be allocated to gender-specific budget lines in grants for governance programs in Myanmar • Work with local actors to reform donor compliance and reporting policies in light of current conditions in Myanmar, including by: • Enabling funding and other support to unregistered organizations • Adopting flexible procurement and reporting requirements, including by reducing requirements to retain documentation that could increase the vulnerability of funding recipients and partners; and • Allowing the transfer of funds outside Myanmar’s formal banking system; and • Fully fund the Rohingya Humanitarian Crisis Joint Response Plan. 238. The Special Rapporteur recommends that all armed groups, including people’s defense forces, ethnic resistance organizations, and militias, immediately: • Order their members to comply fully with international human rights law and international humanitarian law • Establish clear standards prohibiting all forms of sexual and gender-based violence and discrimination based on gender or sexual orientation and ensure proper training of all members on such standards; and 51

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Courage amid crisis: gendered impacts of the coup and the pursuit of gender equality in Myanmar

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Abstract: The 1 February 2021 military coup precipitated an unprecedented human rights and humanitarian crisis in Myanmar. Armed conflict, displacement, economic collapse, hunger, and the junta’s gross human rights violations threaten the lives and well-being of people in every corner of the country. Women, girls, and LGBT people are severely and uniquely impacted by this crisis, yet these impacts are all too often obscured and ignored by the international community. This conference room paper seeks to shed light on the gendered impacts of the coup and the Myanmar military junta’s gross human rights violations. It has been made possible by the guidance, testimony, and insights of those who are working courageously and tenaciously to address these challenges. They have made it clear that while women and LGBT people have suffered enormously, they are playing a critical role as human rights defenders and leaders in the resistance movement. The threat of sexual and gender-based violence is a dark shadow that follows women, girls, and LGBT people throughout Myanmar. Junta forces have committed widespread rape and other forms of sexual violence, often characterized by the utmost cruelty and dehumanization. Members of resistance forces have also been responsible for abuses against women, girls, and LGBT people. Accountability for sexual and gender-based violence is extremely rare, and survivors struggle to access the support they need. Displacement, financial distress, and the lack of access to education and health care have caused many women and girls to adopt negative coping strategies, increasing their vulnerability to violence, human trafficking, early or forced marriage, and sexual exploitation. Rohingya women, girls, and LGBT people face heightened risks rooted in the systematic denial of citizenship and basic human rights. The Special Rapporteur urges the international community to significantly increase support for women, girls, and LGBT people in Myanmar and work to ensure accountability for crimes committed against them.

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