Project profile — Supporting Democratic Action in Myanmar

• Myanmar (100.00%)

• Education, Level Unspecified: Educational research (11182) (5.00%)
• Secondary Education: Vocational training (11330) (5.00%)
• Democratic participation and civil society:
Democratic participation and civil society (15150) (50.00%)
Media and free flow of information (15153) (5.00%)
Human rights (15160) (20.00%)
Women's rights organisations and movements, and government institutions (15170) (15.00%)

• Disability (not targeted)
• Indigenous Issues (not targeted)
• Climate Change Adaptation (not targeted)
• Desertification (not targeted)
• Children's issues (not targeted)
• Nutrition (not targeted)
• Biodiversity (not targeted)
• Environmental sustainability (cross-cutting) (not targeted)
• Urban issues (not targeted)
• Climate change mitigation (not targeted)
• Participatory development and good governance (significant objective)
• Gender equality (significant objective)
• Trade development (not targeted)
• ICT as a tool for development (not targeted)
• Youth Issues (not targeted)
• Disaster Risk Reduction(DRR) (not targeted)

This project supports local civil society, journalists, researchers, media, and networks to improve service delivery and support democracy and non-violent advocacy in Myanmar, especially in light of the recent military coup. Project activities include: (1) building the capacity of individuals and civil society organizations (CSOs) to advocate and deliver services; (2) strengthening networks and resiliency of democratic movements; and (3) supporting gender-responsive pro-democracy women-led research to assist long-term policy development. This project benefits youth and women, fellows, activists, citizen journalists, CSOs, young women researchers, and community members. The Project aims to benefit 37,905 people directly, including 18,990 women, and approximately 67,800 people indirectly.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased resilient national network of grassroots, feminist youth leaders and CSOs or CBOs (civil society organizations or community-based organizations) that energize pro-democracy movements; (2) increased individuals’ capacity to navigate national and international pro-democracy networks to promote local testimony, stories and research; and (3) strengthened women researchers to facilitate research on women’s role in mobilizing peaceful movements and use research for gender-responsive programming and advocacy.

Results achieved as of March 2024 include: (1) recruited 50 fellows and change makers, including 32 women, for capacity development in building trust and solidarity, feminist leadership and community mobilization; (2) reached 1,040 rights holders (496 men and 543 women) with community engagement and mobilization activities to promote human rights; (3) trained 25 citizen journalists to enhance citizen’s knowledge about events in hard-to-reach ethnic areas with a focus on women; and (4) recruited 25 women researchers, including 5 senior women researchers, to produce action research promoting human rights and democratic processes.

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