The Regime’s Women’s Affairs Committee

The regime submitted a report to the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 2000. The report said that the two women’s organizations, Myanmar Women’s Affairs Committee and Myanmar Women Entrepreneurs Association (MWEA), were orking together on promoting the status of women in Burma.
The heads of these organizations are family members of the military leaders or businesswomen favored by the regime.
These women’s organizations do not support any women in politics outside of the regime. Thus, general public does not perceive them as representing the women in Burma.
They are used as token to the international community by performing limited social activities commanded by the regime and having no role in politics.