Press Releases and Remarks

Press release: Urgent international action to implement Women, Peace, and Security agenda needed to resolve crisis in Myanmar and its devastating effects on the lives of gender and sexual minorities

October 24, 2024

Myanmar’s human rights and humanitarian catastrophe is preventing the full, equal, safe, and inclusive participation of women and LGBTQ+ members in peace and state-building efforts, says Women’s Peace Network (WPN) in its new briefing paper, “The situation of Women, Peace, and Security in Myanmar.” 

Press release: Renewed atrocities against Rohingya in Rakhine State, Myanmar

July 10, 2024

The Rohingya ethnic and religious minority in Rakhine State, or “Arakan,” are now being systematically targeted with atrocities, on top of being indiscriminately caught in the crossfire of an escalating armed conflict beyond their immediate control, says Women’s Peace Network (WPN) in its latest report, “Renewed atrocities against Rohingya in Rakhine State, Myanmar”

Press release: On the United Nations Security Council’s briefing on the situation in Myanmar

April 4, 2024

The U.N. Security Council should swiftly follow its open meeting on Myanmar with momentous actions without further delay to prevent the loss of civilian lives, as well as ensure lasting peace and security in the country and the region, says Women’s Peace Network.

Press release: Deadly sea crossings need urgent, comprehensive, international and regional actions to save Rohingya lives

March 4, 2024

The intensifying and deteriorating situation of Rohingya remaining in Myanmar and as refugees in other countries in South and Southeast Asia is increasingly forcing them into deadly sea crossings, says Women’s Peace Network in its latest briefing paper, “The Rohingya boat crisis: Recent developments and key contributing factors in South and Southeast Asia.”

Remarks by Wai Wai Nu at the United Nations Security Council Arria-Formula Meeting on Myanmar

May 19, 2023

Your Excellencies: I thank the United Kingdom for convening this Arria-Formula meeting. My name is Wai Wai Nu, and I am the founder and executive director of Women’s Peace Network, a former political prisoner, and a member of the Rohingya community.  

Bangladesh refugee camps and Rakhine State devastated by Cyclone Mocha according to affected communities, including Rohingya

May 18, 2023

Cyclone Mocha left a trail of devastation in the Bangladesh refugee camps and Rakhine State according to a press conference held today by Women’s Peace Network, and led by members of the affected communities in Bangladesh’s Kutupalong refugee camp and Rakhine State’s Maungdaw and Sittwe townships. 

MYANMAR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS (CSOS) CONDEMN THE MYANMAR MILITARY JUNTA’S GENOCIDAL TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS AGAINST ROHINGYA, UNITED NATIONS (UN) SECRETARY-GENERAL AND SECURITY COUNCIL MUST ACT IMMEDIATELY

December 8, 2021

Today, ahead of the International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and the Prevention of this Crime, Myanmar CSOs condemn the Myanmar military junta’s issuance of genocidal travel restrictions against Rohingya, and urge the UN Secretary-General and Security Council to hold the Myanmar military and security forces accountable for their grave human rights violations.

UN RESOLUTION LACKS COMMITMENTS TO ADDRESS PROTRACTED DISPLACEMENT, FAILS TO REFLECT THE GRAVITY OF THE CURRENT CRISIS IN MYANMAR

November 26, 2021

The resolution recently passed by the UN General Assembly lacks commitments and practical and concrete action to address the protracted displacement of Rohingya and other ethnic minorities said representatives from Myanmar civil society organizations in response to the adoption of the resolution titled "The situation of human rights of Rohingya Muslims and other minorities in Myanmar".

REPRESENTATIVES FROM MYANMAR CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS “DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED” AS UN SECURITY COUNCIL ONCE AGAIN FAILS TO TAKE ACTION

November 11, 2021

Today, the Members of the UN Security Council issued a press statement once again expressing “deep concern” following the “further recent violence across Myanmar.” The statement called for an immediate cessation of violence and for “the military to exercise utmost restraint.”

182 ORGANIZATIONS FOR WOMEN’S RIGHTS CALL UPON UNITED NATIONS (UN) SECURITY COUNCIL TO HOLD MYANMAR MILITARY ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

March 22, 2021

During the UN Commission on the Status of Women’s 65th Session and in response to the Myanmar military’s coup on February 1, Women’s Peace Network, and 181 local, regional, and international organizations championing women’s rights across the world, urge the UN Security Council to adopt a resolution referring the situation of Myanmar to the International Criminal Court; dispatching a monitoring and mediating body to the country; imposing economic sanctions, and financial penalties and restrictions, on the junta leadership and military-owned and military-controlled businesses; imposing a comprehensive and global arms embargo on the country.