Confronting Gender Based Challenges

This qualitative study by HTOI Gender and Development Foundation documents how Kachin women have experienced the social, economic, and gender-based consequences of Myanmar's February 2021 military coup. Drawing on in-depth interviews and focus group discussions with women across six townships — Myitkyina, Wai Maw, Bhamo, Putao, Mohnyin, and Phakant — the research centres the voices of community members, IDP camp residents, church and women's network leaders, civil society workers, and women who joined the Civil Disobedience Movement (CDM). The study was conducted between 15–25 August 2022, with interviews held in Jinghpaw and Burmese and analysed using thematic coding in MAXQDA. Participants spoke under conditions of anonymity given the security risks of post-coup research.