<div> <div>Under the current military regime, women suffer injustice and human rights violations significantly more than men due to a lack of legal protection and social discrimination, according to women’s rights reports to the UN.&nbsp;</div> <div>&nbsp;</div> <div>On 4 July 2017, representatives of Thai women’s rights NGOs read a statement on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination (CEDAW) at UN headquarters in Geneva. </div></div>

<p>Last week, the Women’s League of Burma marked the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women by calling upon the incoming National League for Democracy Government to take a serious stance on the protection of women from sexual violence.</p>

<p>As the Lower House of Parliament convenes after the dramatic purge of speaker Shwe Mann, it has wasted no time&nbsp;<a href="http://click.icptrack.com/icp/relay.php?r=72826759&amp;msgid=907202&amp;act=98NZ&amp;c=348258&amp;destination=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.irrawaddy.org%2Felection%2Fnews%2Fburma-parliament-approves-contentious-race-and-religion-bills">passing two laws</a>&nbsp;that form the package of discriminatory protection of race and religion bills.</p>