removing all information on reproductive health from display too, and stopping from informing customers. Participants stated that their attempts to inform detained sex workers about sexual health are often restricted by the authorities on the basis of ‘traditional values’: “Most sex workers who end up in prison are given no information or access to sexual and reproductive healthcare to protect them from sexually transmitted diseases.”148 Women from minority backgrounds do not receive information they can understand in minority languages. Participants were concerned that the government’s policy to prioritise the Burmese language over minority languages across the country, therefore mainly providing information in Burmese, has a more drastic effect on women’s access to information. Although the government’s rule that all public information should be in the Burmese language has been relaxed slightly in recent months, the vast majority of information is still provided in Burmese. This was of particular concern to women in rural areas, given that they generally have a lower level of literacy compared to men, and that the ability to understand Burmese is often linked to a higher level of literacy. -^."({) 2/:%<D"G<H&<.%P9.%6<" <#:%&'*+=%'2=%$+"&=/5 '$+/,&<$H&>>)/(/5:%*3:;%<B% ?T%6=+&$M'#"&'9H&$+"&= '\.%P'#"&87!%6.8*:%& 8$.%$"(/5:%:A#3:% ?T%6=+&$M'#"&'9H&$+"&<B% '$+/,&<$H&$+"& <#:%&'*+=%'2=%>?@*3:;%=/5 'e/= -/#%-:%#"&9H&\.%P#"&6.6<" '*+=%$+"&#3:% -1G:%<B%S 2@P'</5:%&'G/5:%&6>" '!/5&>=-1 ?:%&'#"&'9H&$+"&=/5 7.%#H&2+=%>)/<B%S '$+/,&<$H&$+"&J <#:%&'*+=%'2=%>>)/./5:%*3:;%=/5 '!/5&>= '!T%'2" #.%7/5&$+"& ="=3?%>:%& =.%P<#%4"&8*:%& -1G:%693&6(3&<@$+"&= '!/5&><B% '$+//,&<$H&$+"&J <#:%&'*+=%'2=%>>)/(/5:%*3:;%=/5 ?T%6=+&$M():;% '!T%'2"#.%7/5&$+"&="=3?%6.<B%\@6<" '68**A'6L=":%&#>"&87:;% #$:%=.%P<#% 4"&<B%S T-$" - _G`l <L=|.%="2'#3:%&#3:% 2$%&6D&69&9/5:%$+"&'-1'G:% =+.%&$"6>&'64"=%'-A; -!zB%&6>":%&*+<@$+"&'"& -p/<6(y#"&69&6>":%&*+8*:%&=/5 #"&8$!%*Q;8-H& #-#%L=" 9/5:%-/#%6!<B%S =+.%&$"6>&6!":;%6>)"=%$M>>)/*3:;%=/5 -/#%9/5P6.!T%$)"-:% $+/,&9=%-3"&=+.%&$"6>&9/5:%>" <#:%&'*+=% '2=%'"&2A5&6-&(/5:%*3:;%$) =.%P<#%2/5=%8*:%&2B%& 87!%<B%S '4/.%&</$%&*A ="$25-%<"&$+"&'"& 2/:%$M9/5:%>" =+.%&$"6>&'6L=":%& 68-"9/5>.%L=/,&-$%&$M$+"&=/5 ?T%6=+&$M#.%7/5&$+"&\@6<" c.%&8-87:;% '!/5&>= =.%P<#%##%<B%\5 6879/5<@$+"&= 68-"9/5L=-1<B%S ‘64":%4Q6>"=%=5.%#Q; 8-B;%#.%9"'$+"&!5=/5 2/:%6L=":;%=@&!=%##%#Q;6>"N16#3="=3?%##%7/5O 2/:%$M9/5:%>"=+.%&$"6>&U $+/&9=%-3"& =+.%&$"6>& '6L=":%& </6'":%U <#:%&'*+=%'2=%>6'":%U $6-&D@&S’ \568-"L=-1<B%S 2@.B%&!56."=%*A$)2"6<" '$+/,&<$H&$+"&'7/5P k:%&#/5P."&2B%6<" 2@.B%&!5<A5& D"<"!="&$+"&87:;% <#:%&'*+=%'2=%$+"& $>>)/./5:%8*:%& (/5:%:A#G)$%&25A&#3:% 8$.%$"D"<"!="&=/5 '8*"&2@.B%&!5<A5&D"<"!="&$+"&4=% R&!"&6-&>.% '!/5&>J $@G10<B% <#:%&'*+=%'2=%$+"&=/5 8$.%$"D"<"!="&87:;%<" 'e/='"&87:;% 6-& ARTICLE 19 - Censored gender: Women’s right to freedom of expression and information in Myanmar - Page 56