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 Problem Pregnancies Burmese women migrant workers in Thailand toil in factories and fields for little pay. Even so, pregnancy can cost them their jobs, writes AYE CHAN MYATE. |
 Women in the Movement Today’s women leaders are playing an important role in supporting and encouraging more women to engage in political activism. A report by VIOLET CHO and AYE LAE. |
 Sex and the (Burmese) City Rangoon’s sex workers find themselves on the wrong side of the law—the law of supply and demand. AUNG THET WINEreports from Rangoon’s darker side. |
 The Debt Trap MIN KHET MAUNG examines the plight of farmers in the Irrawaddy delta, who have survived a major disaster only to find themselves inundated by debt. |
 Hunger Pains Putting food on the table has never been easy for Burma’s poor. But, writes KYI WAI, Cyclone Nargis and a global food crisis have combined to make it tougher than ever. |
 Putting Compassion into Action For Sitagu Sayadaw, Cyclone Nargis provided the perfect opportunity to teach his followers about the importance of acting on their better instincts. KYAW ZWA MOE reports. |
 Pachyderm Party Elephants are sacred, writes LAWI WENG. Every year, Karens in western Thailand show their respect for the creatures by offering them a feast of sugarcane and fruit. |
 Cultivating Inequality “Economic Disparity in Rural Burma” by Ikuku Okamoto: How farmers created an agricultural market in Burma despite the bureaucracy. Reviewed by DAVID SCOTT MATHIESON. |
 Burmese Wikipedia Challenges the Censors Internet users can now access the world’s leading encyclopedia in Burmese language. |
 Suu Kyi Manga Released in English THE IRRAWADDY presents an online edition of “Aung San Suu Kyi: The Fighting Peacock,” an educational and entertaining comic strip depicting the Nobel Peace Prize winner’s struggle. |
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