Educational Empowerment Employee Directory

Burmese women continue to be victims of domestic violence. Under Myanmars penal code, marital rape is only criminalized if the wife is younger than 14 years old. No specific laws exist to prohibit domestic violence, and womens shelters and centers are rare. The most commonly reported internal coping strategy for women in dealing with abuse is to st... ay silent. Education is essential to fostering peace, reducing poverty, and increasing gender equality. Faced with displacement, lack of access to education, and poverty, Burmese women exemplify hope, resilience, and joy. Moved by these womens strength and grace, Educational Empowerment founders were impassioned to empower Burmese women and girls through education and create awareness of Myanmars plight.Read More