Limitations The report is not intended to comprehensively represent the issues and concerns of everybody across Myanmar; but rather to take a first step in pinpointing some of the issues faced in the country, beginning to consider possible solutions. The information collected and analysed is qualitative in nature. The process was participatory, inviting participants to explore the imbalances between genders as they themselves experience them. The report does not seek to provide quantitative data to prove statistical evidence and should not be read in this way. While the team conducted work outside Yangon and included participants who represented rural communities and issues, this engagement was not systematic and widespread. Future work should seek to focus on those violations experienced both in rural areas and in places far from the urban centres of Yangon, Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw. =.% P < #% * +=% $ +"& Z!"#$%&<B% 8$.%$"(/5:%:A>)/ 2@'"&25A& 6#3OW=A,6.>6<" 8-^."$+"&=/5 '7=%7=%$) =/5?%!"&8-,67"% 8->.% $>B%>3?%-1S </5P>"#3:% #/5:%&8-B%#3:% >:%9/5:%6.6<" 8-^."'*+/,O=/5 -4$68*2)$%&'87!% 64"=%8-=" 87!%(/5:%<$+) 687>):%&*+=%$+"& !T%&!"&>.% 87!%-1<B%S !569":%&>>)/U *3Q8*$%&!/#%87"4"&6<" '*+=%#/5P<B% -:%=/5?%<D"G'> Qualitative -5A!A87!%-1<B%S 8-,25-%4"&-5A$)" -1G:%69":%>3=%6<" -5A!A87:;% 6879/5<@$+"&=/5 r#/5P'6#3O'W=,A'> =+"&/$ '*3:;% '6>& $#@$)+$M$+"& >)"67367"%45#%6!-1<B%S !"#$%&-1 Quanitative Data =/.%&NV.%&$+"&=/5 '64"=% '4"&'87!%6-&>.% $>B%>3?%<B;%'62+"=% ?:%&</5P $7#%6!2/5-1S <56#<H'73QO<B% >.%=5.%8-:%->)/ 6=+&2=%6. 6879/5-1G:%<@$+"&=/5 <56#<.8-,4"&6<"%2B%& !.!%=+$MU Y*,A:5A-1G:%$M 8-,25-%(/5:%!3$%&$>)/*Q;-1S 6."=%6.":% <56#<.8-,25-%2)+:% >.%=5.%U $(w62&U 6.8-B%6#"% Y$/,O8-6.>"$+"&():;% 6G&=3"6<" 60<$+"&():;% 6=+&2=%60<$+"&#3:% 6#3OW=,A>6<" '*3:;%'6>&*+/,&67"=%$M$+"&=/5 R&#B%25-%69":%>.% '"&45#%<:;%-1<B%S Structure The report will first outline the right to freedom of expression and information and then establish its relationship with gender-based discrimination, explaining the international laws, principles and standards that exist. Next, it will describe the broad situation of gender-based discrimination in Myanmar, before exploring the specific issues relating to the rights to freedom of expression and information raised by the research. The report contains recommendations for each of the issues found. Each section establishes a number of common issues with explanatory paragraphs under each. These issues are based on analysis from the interviews and roundtables. For each issue and explanatory paragraph, we have included quotations from participants. The quotations are anonymous in order to protect the participants from repercussions, but the date and time of each quotation is noted. ARTICLE 19 - Censored gender: Women’s right to freedom of expression and information in Myanmar - Page 7