A Gender Perspective of Displacement and its Impacts on Livelihood: A Case Study of Special Economic Zone Development in Thilawa, Myanmar
Abstract:
This study aims to examine the socio-economic conditions of displaced people at the Thilawa relocation site and analyze the positive and negative effects on women and men in terms of livelihood security, gender division of labour, and women’s role in the household and community under the context of Special Economic Zone Development.
Speaker:
Khin Yu Yu Win is an exchange student for one term at Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs in UBC. She obtained her master degree in Gender and Development Studies at Asian Institute of Technology, Thailand.
Health Equity from a Gender Perspective in the internal migrant population in Hlaing Thar Yar Township, Yangon
Abstract:
This study aims to identify health disparities along gender lines in the internal migrant population of Yangon, as well as study the gender sensitivity of service provision. This study provides information on how social determinants of health affect gender differences and health disparities.
Speaker:
Aung Ko Ko is the exchange student from the Yangon University of Economics in
Myanmar, where he is an Executive Masters of Public Administration student. He is a medical
doctor and has more than 9 years of experience in the public health sector.
These presentations are part of the IDRC-supported “Building Policy Research Capacity in
Myanmar” project between UBC and the Yangon University of Economics.
