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Burma, sexual violence against women. Women under Siege Project, New York

Two women await care at the HIV/AIDS Prevention and Care Center in Yangon. HIV/AIDS is just one consequence of sexualized violence in Burma, where fallout also includes injury to reproductive organs, depression, shame, and, in some cases, drug addiction. (Ofelia de Pablo and Javier Zurita) Burma  To begin chronicling the history of sexualized violence in Burma, you have to go […]

Burma: A Nation at the Crossroads

(c) Ofelia de Pablo/Javier Zurita. All rights reserved Activista birmana en Rangoon levanta desafiante su pancarta denunciando el expolio y la contaminaciĆ³n por las minas de cobre que los chinos, de acuerdo con el gobierno, quieren explotar en su paĆ­s. Cientos de personas fueron rociadas con Napalm por manifestarse contra el expolio. Bajo el icono de Aung San Suu Kyi […]