Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, ibid. 112 National Plan of Action for the Advancement of Women 2013‐2022, http://www.mm.undp.org/content/myanmar/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2013/10/strategicplanwomen.html 113 Terms of Reference (TOR) of the ASEAN Commission on the Promotion and Protection of the Rights of Women and Children (ACWC), 2012, http://www.asean.org/images/2012/Social_cultural/ACW/TOR-ACWC.pdf 114 The ACWC Work Plan (2012-2016) http://www.asean.org/images/2013/socio_cultural/acwc/acwc%20work%20plan%2020122016_final%20published.pdf 115 ASEAN Commission on the Rights of Women and Children, http://humanrightsinasean.info/asean-commission-rights-women-andchildren/about.html 116 Combined fourth and fifth periodic reports of States parties due in 2014, Myanmar, CEDAW/C/MMR/4-5 http://tbinternet.ohchr.org/Treaties/CEDAW/Shared%20Documents/MMR/CEDAW_C_MMR_4-5_713_E.pdf 111 117 The state owns several channels which are run by the Ministry of Information. Other channels are private-state partnerships and owners are often linked to the government. See Burma Partnership’s list of questionable owners: http://www.burmapartnership.org/wpcontent/uploads/2011/06/The-Regime_s-Cronies-List-June-27_-2011_-Final.pdf and: https://internews.org/sites/default/files/resources/Internews_Burma_Business_Report2014.pdf 118 119 http://www.theguardian.com/media-network/2015/jan/13/international-journalism-after-a-year-of-arrests-and-attacks-who-would-do-it ARTICLE 19 surveyed all institutions in April 2015. 120 ARTICLE 19 has chosen not to publish the names of the institutions and media companies that have been reviewed in order to ensure that sources are protected. In addition, the purpose of these reviews is to identify general trends and not to single our particular institutions. 121 ARTICLE 19 monitored for a week, two of the most popular television serials and the two discussion programmes focused at women audiences. 122 ARTICLE 19 monitored two private and one state newspaper in April 2015. On average, 40 % of articles included by-lines with gender-based titles (the equivalent of Mr / Ms) which enabled us to identify the gender of the author. 123 See the broad 2015 report, Gender in the Myanmar Media Landscape, which identifies the lack of women in senior levels of the Myanmar media as a significant issue http://www.mediasupport.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/FOJO_GENDER_FINAL.pdf 124 See the broad 2015 report, Gender in the Myanmar Media Landscape http://www.mediasupport.org/wpcontent/uploads/2015/03/FOJO_GENDER_FINAL.pdf 125 See the broad 2015 report, Gender in the Myanmar Media Landscape http://www.mediasupport.org/wpcontent/uploads/2015/03/FOJO_GENDER_FINAL.pdf 126 Interview in Yangon, 31 March 2015 127 Interview in Taunggyi, 7 February 2015 128 Interview in Taunggyi, 7 February 2015 129 Interview in Yangon, 31 March 2015 130 Interview in Taunggyi, 7 February 2015 131 Trade union organisers explained in interviews with ARTICLE 19 that very few women have decision-making authority in the unions, and their roles rarely include representing the union to outside parties. 132 ARTICLE 19 surveyed the trade unions, looking at their projects and recent published decisions in April 2015. 133 Interview in Yangon, 31 March 2015 134 Interview in Yangon, 31 March 2015 135 Interview in Mandalay, 11 November 2014 The National Strategic Plan for the Advancement of Women 2013‐2022 was published in 2013 but is relatively unknown among civil society in Myanmar http://www.mm.undp.org/content/myanmar/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2013/10/strategicplanwomen.html 137 According to the Resource Governance Index, Myanmar has the worst governance system in the world, coming a consistent last under four out of five indicators. Similarly in the World Bank’s Rule of Law Index and Voice and Accountability Index, Burma comes in under the three per cent percentile. 138 Transparency International’s Corruption Perception Index ranked Myanmar as 156 out of 175 states in 2014. Under the Control of Corruption Index, Myanmar was in the lowest percentile group, with a rank of zero per cent. 139 Zaw Pe, a video reporter for the Democratic Voice of Burma (DVB), and Win Myint Hlaing were imprisoned for a report about Japanesefunded scholarships for local students in Magwe. 140 Para 44, on access to information, Report of the Special Rapporteur on the promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression, Mr Frank La Rue A/HRC/14/23 14 April 2010 141 Basic survey of hospitals conducted by ARTICLE 19 and volunteers in April 2015 to sample the availability of basic information relating to reproductive and sexual health in hospitals in Yangon. 142 ARTICLE 19 staff requested information after declaring their reason for asking. 143 Volunteer patients were asked by ARTICLE 19 to request the same information in the same way. 144 Based on monitoring conducted in April 2015. 136 145 Interview in Yangon, 29 March 2015 146 Connected Women: Case Study Ooredoo Myanmar, GSMA, March 2015, http://www.gsma.com/connectedwomen/wpcontent/uploads/2015/03/Ooredoo-Myanmar-Case-study-30March15-FINAL1.pdf 147 GSMA, ibid. 148 Roundtable in Yangon, 22 November 2014 The National Strategic Plan for the Advancement of Women 2013‐2022 was published in 2013 but is relatively unknown among civil society in Myanmar http://www.mm.undp.org/content/myanmar/en/home/presscenter/pressreleases/2013/10/strategicplanwomen.html 149 ARTICLE 19 - Censored gender: Women’s right to freedom of expression and information in Myanmar - Page 89