G-Taw Zagar Wyne

"The International Community has not been doing enough that is exactly why GM4MD and organizations like us are continuing with our advocacy for change so that the international leaders listen and act." Jan Jan is a first-generation Kachin-American student majoring in Global Affairs at George Mason University. She previously served as Co-lead of the Burma Committee for STAND: The Student-led Movement to End Mass Atrocities, Assistant Secretary for Kachin Alliance, and founded and served as President of the STAND at Mason chapter at her school. She continues to serve as an advisor for STAND at Mason, social media manager for Kachin Alliance, Burma Policy Lead for Action Corps and is Co-Founder of the Global Movement for Myanmar Democracy (GM4MD). With her fellow Co-Founders, GM4MD team members, and colleagues within the U.S. Advocacy Coalition for Myanmar (USACM), she is galvanizing the Burmese-American constituency domestically while also connecting passionate individuals from the Burmese diaspora and international community with one another for Burma advocacy. buildingmovementwithsolidarity --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/message

" I see two classes; the group that oppressed and those who are being oppressed. If we want to demolish Burmanization, even the Bama community must know that they are being oppressed by the system because the oppressors are using the ideology to divide between Bamas and other ethnic groups. I would really prefer the reconciliation between the oppressed class to fight against the oppressors." Thawda Aye Lei, a Burmese published novelist, and social science researcher started her writing in 2002 and worked in the media field as a journalist. She obtained a master's degree in Development Practice from the University of Queensland in 2015, and in Gender, Human Rights, and Conflict Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands in 2016. She is surviving with two professionals; a social science researcher and as a writer. In 2017, she published her first novel "Silky Moonshade". She has published 4 novels and 2 short stories collections books so far. She has also contributed many articles which were related to feminism and gender issues in the local papers. In 2019, she participated in a three-month International Writing Programme in Iowa, US. In 2021, she enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Political Science at McMaster University, Canada. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/message

"We DO NOT need people to save us but what we do need is support. That has always been my intention with posting all these stories daily basis about #Whatishappeninginmyanmar on social media ." Thet is a young Karen ethnic woman and organizer from Yangon. Since the coup, she has been protesting and primarily documenting and sharing #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar as a civilian on the ground. Podcast link here- https://soundcloud.com/.../s-3-episode-11-supporting-is... Follower her on Twitter- https://twitter.com/ThetHtarThet1 PFG Twitter: https://twitter.com/pfgmyanmar #gtawzagarwynes3 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/message

"Even though you are gaining a lot during pregnancy or childbirth, you are losing a big part of your life and there is no space for women to feel hurt, or angry, or feel grief and that's quite harmful." Khin Chan Myae Maung is a young writer from Myanmar. She studied Sociology and Literary Arts in Melbourne and is currently working as an English teacher in Myanmar. After becoming a mother in 2019, she's been exploring the dynamics of motherhood and childbirth in Myanmar culture and feminism. As a writer, her work consists of short fiction, poetry, and nonfiction essays. She was recognized as Judges Choice Writer in the Ithaca College Writing Contest 2016, after placing first in both fiction and poetry. Her work can be found in Still Water Magazine, Rough Cut Zine, Frontier Magazine, and Yangon Literary Magazine. Giving Alms is her first published work of short stories. #motherhoodinmyanmar #gtawzagarwyne --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/message

"It is gonna be a long thing. People need to understand that they are strong but they also need to look after themselves. I want people to understand that thing like self-care is really important.” MiMi Aye Burmese author food writer turned activist MiMi Aye has been raising awareness about the crisis in Myanmar since the coup in February. With bylines in TIME, The Independent, and The Guardian, MiMi's award-winning book ‘MANDALAY: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen' was chosen by The Observer and The Financial Times as one of their Best Books of the Year. MiMi also co-hosts the food and culture podcast The MSG Pod and is on social media as @meemalee. She is a qualified solicitor and read Law at Cambridge. Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gtawzagarwyne PFG Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/purplefeminists Web: https://purplefeminist.org/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/purplefeminists/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/pfgmyanmar --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/message

“Global health at its core is colonial. Myanmar, for example, falls under the tropical hygiene and hygiene, in this case, is not to protect the natives but to protect the colonizers from the natives.” Listen to Ma Sandra Mon, a scientist-activist who talks about her life and profession as a scientist and how this revolution has led her to claim an identity as an activist. She has also wisely suggested how we can all take a part in decolonizing the health care system in Myanmar. Sandra Mon is a senior researcher at the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Department of Epidemiology. As a Myanmar national, she has been an active voice for health care workers in Myanmar since the beginning of the coup there on February 1. #gtawzagarwyne #purplefeministsgroup #season3 Twitter: twitter.com/sandraXmon PFG twitter :twitter.com/pfgmyanmar PFG insta: www.instagram.com/purplefeminists/ PFG FB: www.facebook.com/purplefeminists --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/message

What do you see when you type Rohingya on google? People who are displaced and lost and are crying. Why are those images widely spread on the internet? What has happened to them? Who are Rohingya people? Where do they belong? You will be getting answers to the burning questions you have about Rohingya people and their history. We sat down with Rohingya Social Justice Activist, Yasmin Ullah to discuss the very core of this issue and how she is taking part in bringing solutions along with many other activists and advocates. You can listen to this episode wherever you listen to the podcast. Follow Yasmin: twitter.com/YasminJUllah Purple Facebook Page: www.facebook.com/purplefeminists Twitter: twitter.com/pfgmyanmar IG: www.instagram.com/purplefeminists/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/message

"My dream is to educate people on what is necessary for all mankind." Dr.Thet Su Htwe is one of the leading proponents of sexuality educations in Myanmar. Through her organization Strong Flowers, she has been spreading knowledge on sexuality as a tool for gender justice, humanist and feminist values among people in Myanmar. She is a medical doctor and a family physician by training. Her dream was to educate people on what is necessary for all mankind. She brings her religious identity which is her hijab (a headscarf) and showing the evidence of defending the rights of Muslim women to education, to earn a living, and to involve in societal change, and social harmony. Her strong feminist mindset embraces her struggles into the endeavor in most of her work-field. Beyond the regular SRHR education programs, she is now running a sexuality education program for women with disabilities in collaboration with one of the leading disabilities initiatives in Myanmar. Over 6 years, she has taught basic SRHR education to over 3500 adults and adolescents including people and youth with disabilities across Myanmar through Strong Flowers Sexuality Education Services. For more information, www.strongflowers.org FB: https://www.facebook.com/Strong-Flowers-Sexuality-Education-Service-387910321316207 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/message

We are back, again! Our guest is a gender, diversity, and inclusion specialist who has experiences working with both private and profit sectors. Her full name is Khin Hnin Su. She did a Master's study on Gender, Policy, and Inequalities from LSE (London school of economics and political sciences). Out of her busy schedule, she is doing a sanitary pad fundraising campaign for women/girls in quarantine centers. She is here to share with us about this fundraising campaign on sanitary pads as well as her passion for equality. Please, go check the Fundraising Facebook page to learn about how you can donate and support this important action. Learn more about Khin Hnin Su--> https://www.linkedin.com/in/khinsu/ Fundraising Facebook Page -- https://www.facebook.com/myanmar.covid.sanitary.pads/ G-Taw Facebook --https://www.facebook.com/gtawzagarwyne/ Purple Feminists Group -- https://www.facebook.com/purplefeminists/ Myanmar Podcast on Soundcloud --https://soundcloud.com/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/message

"I was ashamed of becoming a woman. My breast was just growing and I was so embarrassed of having them that I, in fact, once tapped them so that it would look flat. I was shaped by an environment that made me ashamed of my womanhood." In this weekly podcast, we sat down and talked with Miss Nepal World 2018, Shrinkhala Khatiwada who has been actively speaking about social issues in several media. With her, we will be discussing menstrual taboos and other harmful social practices that she has experienced or seen and how she is challenging those. Ma Nandar& Shrinkhala shared the same ethnic identity (being born as Nepali) however, did two of them experience different things for being born in different countries? Here is our Purple Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/purplefeminists/ And follow G-taw page for more activities: https://www.facebook.com/gtawzagarwyne/ Here is our website: http://purplefeminist.org/ Here is Myanmar version of the podcast link: https://soundcloud.com/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast #whennandarmeetsshrinkhala #challengingthestatusquowithpurple #gtawzagarwynepodcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/message

Episode-3-Becoming a Journalist-Ei Thant Sin "Build from what you are good at and learn from people who are doing better than you. It is not a time to be jealous or be envious. You don't have to copy them but learn the key points. Don't doubt yourself or the process." Good afternoon, G-Taw listeners! It has been awhile since we last produced our English podcast. Today, we are releasing new episode for G-Taw Zagar Wyne (English podcast). This week speaker is, Ei Thant Sin who is currently working as an international broadcaster at Voice of America, Burmese Service. She is a TV anchor, editor and producer for ‘VOA Breakfast News' on Mizzima channel. She was born and raised in Yangon, and moved to the United States for college in 2012. She graduated from Randolph College in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication studies and a minor in Studio Arts. She currently lives in Washington, D.C. In this podcast she shares her experience of becoming a journalist. Writing and being vocal about the things around her was something she has been doing since she was 16 years old. Myanmar language podcast here- https://soundcloud.com/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast Learn more about her work --- https://www.facebook.com/eithantsin.tv Purple website --- https://purplefeminist.org/ G-Taw Facebook page -- https://www.facebook.com/gtawzagarwyne --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/message

Episode-2-We Need To Talk About Abortion-Sneha Nair-HTU "We believe that every girl, woman, and transgender in Myanmar deserves access to safe abortion." G-Taw Zagar Wyne (English), Episode- 2 – We Need To Talk About Abortion Featuring- HowToUseAbortionPill Speaker: Sneha Nair, Communication Officer Abortion is a basic medical healthcare need for millions of women and girls and others who can become pregnant. This is not only health issues but also social justice issues. Like many countries in the world, Myanmar also strictly prohibited this right and therefore, put the lives of many in danger. How do we normalize this conversation? This week, G-Taw Zagar Wyne sat with HowToUseAbortionPill to discuss why safe, respectful, and legal abortion matters. Learn more about HowToUseAbortionPill here  https://www.howtouseabortionpill.org Safe2Choose --- https://safe2choose.org/ Facebook page of HowToUuseAbortionPill here -- How to use abortion pill Follow our podcast here  https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast Apple Podcast -- https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/id1509369137 Pocket Casts --- https://pca.st/h5hxh1xn Radio Public ---- https://radiopublic.com/gtaw-zagar-wyne-podcast-8Qol3l Myanmar podcast here --- https://soundcloud.com/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/message

"You don't need to fight the way you see yourselves but you need to fight the way they see you." This episode speaker is an artist named Chu Wai Nyein who has been active since 2008, when she began studying at the National University of Arts and Culture and Technological University, Mandalay. She has had about 40 local and international exhibitions including London, Paris, New York, Hong Kong, Warsaw, France, and Australia. Chuu Wai Nyein is interested in discovering and working with handcrafted materials, as can be seen in her paintings which showcases artwork made in part with traditional htameins and longyis fabrics as canvases. Many of them have a woman's face or skin replaced by the traditional decorative flourishes from temple and court art. Others are painted on the fabric used for women's clothing, with the woven pattern showing through the portrait. Many are sexy, playful, confident, thoughtful, and are the women Chuu Wai Nyein sees among her peers. We hope you will show us support by sharing this podcast with your friends, partners, and family. Please feel free to contact us or leave a comment below Here is our Purple Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/purplefeminists/ And follow G-taw page for more activities: https://www.facebook.com/gtawzagarwyne/ Here is our website: http://purplefeminist.org/ Here is Myanmar version of the podcast link: https://soundcloud.com/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/message

MINGALAR PAR! WELCOME TO MYANMAR FIRST FEMINIST PODCAST. G-taw is airing to inspire and empower through dialogues with legend women and girls. Amplifying women's and girls' voices in Myanmar to inspire for a better change. Here is our Purple Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/purplefeminists/ And follow G-taw page for more activities: https://www.facebook.com/gtawzagarwyne/ Here is our website: http://purplefeminist.org/ Here is our Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast/message