Art from art4cdm on IG for the Red lips speak truth to power campaign. Shows various types of Milk Tea each with the flag of a different country associated with the Milk Tea Alliance each cup, mug or straw has red lipstick on it and there is a lipstick in front of them. this represents not only the solidarity between people and activists in these countries but also that the scourge of sexual violence effects them all to some extent. Flags are Thailand, Myanmar, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Philippines, Taiwan & India.

Picture of three women one has a shackle & pride lipstick, one has red lipstick and a t-shirt that says end sexual violence in Conflict & the other has red lipstick and is pregnant. text reads Your Solidarity is our Strength, we hold this regime accountable. CEDAW is a promise Myanmar must Keep. Red Lips Speak truth to power June 19th - 26th

မြန်မာနိုင်ငံဟာ “အမျိုးသမီးများအပေါ် နည်းမျိုးစုံဖြင့် ခွဲခြားမှု ပပျောက်ရေးဆိုင်ရာ ကုလသမဂ္ဂ ကွန်ဗင်းရှင်း” ကို ၁၉၉၇ခုနှစ်၊ ဇူလိုင်လ ၂၂ ရက်နေ့မှာ အဖွဲ့ဝင်နိုင်ငံအဖြစ် အတည်ပြု လက်မှတ်ရေးထိုးခဲ့ပါတယ်။ စာချုပ်ဝင်နိုင်ငံများဟာ အမျိုးသမီး တန်းတူညီမျှရေး၊ အမျိုးသမီးများ၏ အခွင့်အရေးများကို ဥပဒေအရ ကာကွယ်ပေးရေးကို လုပ်ဆောင်ရမှာဖြစ်ပါတယ်။ ကွန်ဗင်းရှင်းရဲ့ အပိုင်း ၁၊ အပိုဒ် ၂ (ဃ) မှာ “အမျိုးသမီးများအားခွဲခြားသည့် မည်သည့်အပြုအမူ သို့မဟုတ် အမူအကျင့်တွင်မဆို ပါဝင်ပတ်သတ်ခြင်းမှ ရှောင်ကြဉ်ရန်နှင့် ပြည်သူ့အာဏာပိုင်များနှင့် အဖွဲ့အစည်းများသည် ဤတာဝန် ဝတ္တရားများနှင့်အညီ ဆောင်ရွက်ရေးအတွက် အာမခံရန်” လို့ ဖော်ပြထားပါတယ်။ စစ်ကောင်စီဟာ အာဏာသိမ်းထားတဲ့ ကာလတလျှောက်လုံးမှာ ဖော်ပြပါအချက်အလက်များကို ပြောင်ပြောင်တင်းတင်းကျူးလွန်နေရုံမက လိင်အကြမ်းဖက်မှုများကိုပါ ကျူးလွန်လျက်ရှိပါတယ်။ ဒါ့ကြောင့်မို့လို့ နိုင်ငံတကာကွန်ဗင်းရှင်းကို ပြောင်ပြောင်တင်းတင်းချိုးဖောက်နေတဲ့ စစ်ကောင်စီကို တွန်းလှန်တဲ့အနေနဲ့ ကမ်ပိန်းမှာ ပါဝင်ပေးခဲ့ကြတဲ့ ညီအစ်မများ၊ မောင်နှမများ အားလုံးကို အထူးပဲကျေးဇူးတင်ပါတယ်ရှင်။ MYANMAR RATIFIED CEDAW. THE MILITARY BETRAYED IT. In July 1997, Myanmar pledged under international law to end discrimination against women by ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Article 2(d) is explicit: “Refrain from any act of discrimination against women, and ensure public authorities act in conformity with this obligation.” Yet since the coup, the military has: Violated every principle of CEDAW. Weaponized sexual violence as a tool of terror. Granted impunity to perpetrators. Every brother, sister, and ally who stands with survivors: Your solidarity is our strength. Thank you for fighting alongside us against tyranny. WE HOLD THIS REGIME ACCOUNTABLE. CEDAW IS A PROMISE MYANMAR MUST KEEP.

MYANMAR RATIFIED #CEDAW. THE MILITARY BETRAYED IT. In July 1997, Myanmar pledged under international law to end discrimination against women by ratifying the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW). Article 2(d) is explicit: “Refrain from any act of discrimination against women, and ensure public authorities act in conformity with this obligation.” Yet since the coup, the military has: Violated every principle of CEDAW. Weaponized sexual violence as a tool of terror. Granted impunity to perpetrators. Every brother, sister, and ally who stands with survivors: Your solidarity is our strength. Thank you for fighting alongside us against tyranny. WE HOLD THIS REGIME ACCOUNTABLE. CEDAW IS A PROMISE MYANMAR MUST KEEP.

Tis the weekend & here is our upcoming events 🧵

B4 we start though sharing these graphics which are part of the @sisters2sistersmm.bsky.social #RedLipsSpeakTruthToPower campaign which is highlighting Sexual violence in conflict in Myanmar. It must be ended & the perpetrators held to account

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For over four years—nearly five—since the military coup, the people in Myanmar have faced daily, systematic, and unjust violence in various forms. According to a recent report by the Women’s League of Burma (WLB), from February 1, 2021, to May 2025, there have been 963 cases of sexual violence against women and those who identify as women in conflict areas. The report reveals that women from Sagaing, Shan, and Karenni regions who suffered such violence not only endured sexual assault but also faced extreme brutality, including killings. During this period of conflict, weak legal mechanisms have failed to hold armed groups accountable for their crimes, making justice nearly impossible to achieve. In such circumstances, we must not remain silent. We must clearly oppose violence by any armed group and stand in solidarity with the victims. Red is a symbol of courage, and by wearing red lipstick, we boldly speak the truth. We invite you to join this campaign and raise your voice with us from June 19-29 via #RedLipsSpeakTruthToPower.

Summary Overview For decades, members of the Women’s League of Burma (WLB), an umbrella organization comprising twelve members, have documented widespread and systematic crimes against women, including Conflict-Related Sexual Violence (CRSV), long perpetrated by the military junta since we formed in 1999. This briefing paper—presented on the International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict— aims to amplify the voices and research of our members, who have recorded cases of violence in their respective states and regions across Burma/Myanmar. Across more than 70 years, the military has plunged the country into war through violent and extractive means. The prolonged conflict has exposed women and children to the horrors of military dictatorship aggression while committing war crimes, atrocities, and crimes against humanity and genocide. Survivors have been forced to endure immense suffering and pain, all while trauma lingers and pathways to justice have been blocked. In a patriarchal culture defined by male dominance, the social structure in Burma/Myanmar frequently signals that women are to blame for incidents of abuse. This oppressive environment discourages victims from discussing their trauma, much less reporting the various crimes committed against them. Yet women human rights defenders have spoken truth to power by demanding justice and accountability for the military junta’s crimes. They are calling for an end to the culture of military dictatorship impunity in Burma/Myanmar, which has allowed Military junta soldiers to evade any consequences for their actions. Despite ongoing appeals to the international community for justice, there has been no significant action that creates a firm and consistent precedent in Burma/Myanmar to demonstrate that all forms of violence are in grave violation of international laws, including those stated in the Geneva Convention.

infographic from @sisters2sistersmm.bsky.social & report from Women's League of Burma: "Speaking Truth To Power: Ending Military Impunity In Burma/Myanmar" to raise awareness of conflict related sexual violence

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QR code link on call to action poster Call for Solidarity with Myanmar Women END SEXUAL VIOLENCE IN CONFLICT Sign on to our global feminist statement for June 19 - stand against sexual violence in conflict. By 18 June, 2025

Calling all global feminist groups & gender justice networks! @sisters2sistersmm.bsky.social & sisters in Myanmar ask you to sign on today to spotlight the rising conflict-related sexual violence in Myanmar.

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And in case you missed it, I wrote this about the strength of Myanmar women, even in the face of brutality.

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