Myanmar (Burma)

Repressed and mismanaged by a cadre of generals since 1962, Burma erupted last September in the...

Jacob Baynham
Grantee

Esther J is a freelance journalist from Myanmar whose reporting focuses on human rights, armed conflict, and gender issues. Working under challenging and often dangerous conditions, Esther brings...

Born and raised in Myanmar, Chuu Wai has created art that has an inherent honesty and cultural endurance. Her artistic impulse found an outlet after a sexual harassment encounter on the streets of...

Zau Myet Awng is a freelance journalist from Kachin State, Myanmar, who is based in Malaysia. He focuses on social, political, environmental, and human rights issues.

Nu Nu Lusan is a freelance journalist from Kachin State, Myanmar, who is based in Malaysia. She focuses on human rights and social justice issues.

Jauman Naw is a freelance investigative journalist from Kachin State, Myanmar, who focuses on environmental issues. He writes under a pseudonym for his safety.

Robert Bociaga is a traveling photojournalist specializing in international affairs. He is based in Southeast Asia and focuses on economic and social issues around culture change, urbanization...

Kyaw Hsan Hlaing is an Arakanese student, researcher, and activist focusing peace, human rights, and social justice in Myanmar's Arakan (Rakhine) State. He attempts to express the ground situation of...

Shawanang is a Kachin artist and illustrator based in Myitkyina, Kachin State, Myanmar. In addition to comics, he does pencil and pen illustrations and acrylic paintings which seek to bring to life...

Aung Myat Lamung is an environmental justice and rights advocate from Myanmar's Kachin State.