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Issue 9: Women’s gender and sexual identity are used to exclude
them from civic space
Women’s expression of and control over their gender and sexual identity are often used as
justifications to exclude them from being seen or able to participate in civic space. In one
case quoted by a participant, male taxi cyclists prevented a female member of the
participant’s support group who dressed as a man from working as a taxi cyclist, saying
ARTICLE 19 - Censored gender: Women’s right to freedom of expression and information in Myanmar - Page 66