from doing their work, mentioning the example of their being unable to take photos if they have to find a position where they are physically higher than men. One of the participants who works outside the major urban areas said “Some male journalists try to stop me from collecting news and information because I am a woman. They block my access to a source. When a source asks male journalists to share information with other journalists, they don’t inform me and instead say ‘she can’t do this [job] because she is a woman’.”127 She said, “If you want the truth, I believe that the better women get at investigating stories, the more oppression they will face [from men].” Stories by women journalists are less likely to be published or attributed to them. Some participants were concerned that within media companies, stories written by women were less likely to be published than those written by men. One participant said “Sometime I discover new stories before male journalists do, but when I send my articles to a media company, they get ‘lost’. And my articles - which I often send from remote regions – have actually been stolen. Male journalists take the information from my articles and the media company publishes the man’s article alongside my photos which are not credited to me. That’s why women journalists don’t tend to work outside urban areas.”128 Not only were women’s articles less likely to be published than men’s, when they were published, they were more likely to be placed in a less important position. Some participants believed that a review of front-page stories would see a significant bias towards stories written by male journalists, partially as a result of women covering only ‘soft subjects’, though there is no evidence to substantiate this claim. One participant reported: “The past trend of publishing [male journalists’] news on the front page and discriminating against [women journalists’] news is less common nowadays, but a few of the better-known media companies still adopt this form of discrimination.”129 They also believed that when two stories on the same subject were put forward, a story written by a male journalist was more likely to be chosen. One participant said, “Articles written by male journalists are published more often. If we send articles covering the same story, mine is usually rejected.”130 -^." (`) 6?D5 ? +'"&87:; % '$+/ , &<$H & N+".?% 2 !% $ +"&<B% '$+/ , &<"&N+".?% 2 !% $ +"&4=% >"4@ & ./ $ ; % 6 <" (</ 5 O $\5 # % ) 2/ : % < D"E9=% ( 3 ? % 6 <" '*.% & =K$+"& -/ 5 : % 9 / 5 : % 4 "&L=<B% S '$+/,&<$H&$+"&<B% $H0H?"I6=":%&!3" 67"%8-*A6.>6<"%2B%& '9:;%8$:;%-/5:%&():;% 95A&87#%*+=%*+-/5:%*3:;% >)/6<"'9:;%$+"&I '$+/,&<"&$+"&2C$%&$/5&<B%S 'W=H&95A& -5Ng2/=$H0H?"=5$fVH a*5#3:% N+".?%2!%(`GG)=/5 ARTICLE 19 $) !!%#$%&6="=%>" '$+/,&<$H& _l% -1>)/Y-H& '9:;%8$:;%6>"=%6.<@#/5P$)" !H&-3"&6>&-B">-% </5P$\5#% '2)'-U =+.%&$"6>&U 73AOY7/,&6>&U 67+"%6876>&U 6*#%6-X <#:%&!<B;% 'D"<">-%'(5' $+"&I '25-%25-%6.<@$+"& 87!%<B%S (/5:%:A6>&():;% $+=%6$)"=%6>&>"#3:% '9:;%8$:;%I '25-%25-%6.6<" '$+/,&<$H& '.B%&:?%<">)/<B%S Z<56#<.I -1E:%6879/5<@$+"& '*+:%&*+:%& 'D?%6L=":;%$/.%&$<"&$+"& ':?%#.%&'25-%$+"&I =+.%>!%6L=":%& '8-B;%'E<6D"#@BH$M $>)/-1S </5P6<"% 87!%(/5:%6<" '6L=":%&>:%& $+"& 6#3O>-1<B%S ARTICLE 19 - Censored gender: Women’s right to freedom of expression and information in Myanmar - Page 38