G-Taw Zagar Wyne

"Even though you are gaining a lot during pregnancy or childbirth, you are losing a big part of your life and there is no space for women to feel hurt, or angry, or feel grief and that's quite harmful." Khin Chan Myae Maung is a young writer from Myanmar. She studied Sociology and Literary Arts in Melbourne and is currently working as an English teacher in Myanmar. After becoming a mother in 2019,...

"It is gonna be a long thing. People need to understand that they are strong but they also need to look after themselves. I want people to understand that thing like self-care is really important.” MiMi Aye Burmese author food writer turned activist MiMi Aye has been raising awareness about the crisis in Myanmar since the coup in February. With bylines in TIME, The Independent, and The Guardian, M...

“Global health at its core is colonial. Myanmar, for example, falls under the tropical hygiene and hygiene, in this case, is not to protect the natives but to protect the colonizers from the natives.” Listen to Ma Sandra Mon, a scientist-activist who talks about her life and profession as a scientist and how this revolution has led her to claim an identity as an activist. She has also wisely sugge...

What do you see when you type Rohingya on google? People who are displaced and lost and are crying. Why are those images widely spread on the internet? What has happened to them? Who are Rohingya people? Where do they belong? You will be getting answers to the burning questions you have about Rohingya people and their history. We sat down with Rohingya Social Justice Activist, Yasmin Ullah to disc...

"My dream is to educate people on what is necessary for all mankind." Dr. Thet Su Htwe is one of the leading proponents of sexuality educations in Myanmar. Through her organization Strong Flowers, she has been spreading knowledge on sexuality as a tool for gender justice, humanist and feminist values among people in Myanmar. She is a medical doctor and a family physician by training. Her dream was...

We are back, again! Our guest is a gender, diversity, and inclusion specialist who has experiences working with both private and profit sectors. Her full name is Khin Hnin Su. She did a Master's study on Gender, Policy, and Inequalities from LSE (London school of economics and political sciences). Out of her busy schedule, she is doing a sanitary pad fundraising campaign for women/girls in quarant...

" I was ashamed of becoming a woman. My breast was just growing and I was so embarrassed of having them that I, in fact, once tapped them so that it would look flat. I was shaped by an environment that made me ashamed of my womanhood ." In this weekly podcast, we sat down and talked with Miss Nepal World 2018, Shrinkhala Khatiwada who has been actively speaking about social issues in several media...

Episode-3-Becoming a Journalist-Ei Thant Sin " Build from what you are good at and learn from people who are doing better than you. It is not a time to be jealous or be envious. You don't have to copy them but learn the key points.  Don't doubt  yourself or the process ."  Good afternoon, G-Taw listeners! It has been awhile since we last produced our English podcast. Today, we are r...

Episode-2-We Need To Talk About Abortion-Sneha Nair-HTU "We believe that every girl, woman,  and transgender in Myanmar deserves access to safe abortion." G-Taw Zagar Wyne (English), Episode- 2 – We Need To Talk About Abortion Featuring- HowToUseAbortionPill  Speaker: Sneha Nair, Communication Officer Abortion is a basic medical healthcare need for millions of women and girls and others...

"You don’t need to fight the way you see yourselves but you need to fight the way they see you." This episode speaker is an artist named Chu Wai Nyein who has been active since 2008, when she began studying at the National  University of Arts and Culture and Technological University, Mandalay. She has had about 40 local and international exhibitions including  London, Paris, New York, Ho...

MINGALAR PAR! WELCOME TO MYANMAR FIRST FEMINIST PODCAST. G-taw is airing to inspire and empower through dialogues with legend women and girls.  Amplifying women's and girls' voices in Myanmar to inspire for a better change. Here is our Purple Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/purplefeminists/ And follow G-taw page for more activities: https://www.facebook.com/gtawzagarwyne/ Here is our...