Table Of ContentPeace Is LIvIng WIth
DIgnIty
voIces of communItIes from
myanmar’s ceasefIre areas
In 2016
Peace Is LIvIng WIth DIgnIty
Voices of Communities from Myanmar’s ceasefre
areas in 2016
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Peace Is LIvIng WIth DIgnIty
Voices of Communites from Myanmar’s ceasefre areas in 2016
Listening methodology development: Soth Plai Ngarm
Listening Project Implementaton (Training, Processing, Writng)
coordinator and editor: Karen Simbulan
team members: Laurens Visser, Tengku Shahpur, Harshadeva Amarathunga
Myanmar Partner Organisatons
Karuna Myanmar Social Services (Kachin)
Ta’ang Student and Youth Union (Northern Shan)
Pyi Nyein Thu Kha (Southern Shan)
Karen Development Network (Kayin)
Kayah State Peace Monitoring Network (Kayah)
Mon Women Network (Mon)
cover photo: Karlos Manlupig
Inside photographs: Zabra Yu Siwa, Shuterstock, Listener from Northern Shan
Copy-editng: Husnur Esthiwahyu
Lay-out: Boonruang Song-ngam
Publisher: Centre for Peace and Confict Studies
Funding: Peace Support Fund
IsBn- 13: 978 99963 856 4 3
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acKnOWLeDgMents
The Centre for Peace and Confict Studies (CPCS) is grateful to our Myanmar
partner organisatons that provided invaluable assistance throughout the
project. We could not have done this without you.
We are especially grateful to all the individuals who volunteered to be listeners.
We appreciate the tme, energy and enthusiasm that you demonstrated
throughout the process, and your willingness to travel to remote areas.
We would also like to express our heartelt grattude to the community
members from Kachin, Northern Shan, Southern Shan, Kayah, Kayin, and Mon
states who were willing to take the tme out of their busy lives to share their
opinions, experiences, knowledge, concerns and hopes for the future. Thank
you for your candour and openness, and for entrustng us with your voices.
Lastly, we would like to thank Peace Support Fund, without whose support this
publicaton would not have been possible.
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acknowledgements ........................................................................................ iii
List of tables.................................................................................................... vi
List of Maps ................................................................................................... viii
Abbreviatons and Acronyms ........................................................................ ix
chaPter 1: IntrODUctIOn anD sUMMary OF FInDIngs ......................... 1
chaPter 2: recOMMenDatIOns ............................................................... 65
chaPter 3: LIstenIng MethODOLOgy ..................................................... 71
chaPter 4: LessOns FrOM LIstenIng ....................................................... 87
chaPter 5: KachIn state ......................................................................... 93
Key demographics ................................................................................. 101
Main Themes ......................................................................................... 104
chaPter 6: nOrthern shan state ......................................................... 121
Key demographics ................................................................................. 129
Main Themes ......................................................................................... 132
chaPter 7: sOUthern shan state ......................................................... 149
Key demographics .................................................................................. 155
Main Themes ......................................................................................... 158
chaPter 8: Kayah state ........................................................................... 169
Key demographics ................................................................................. 175
Main Themes ......................................................................................... 178
chaPter 9: KayIn state ............................................................................ 193
Key demographics .................................................................................. 200
Main Themes ......................................................................................... 203
chaPter 10: MOn state .......................................................................... 213
Key demographics .................................................................................. 222
Main Themes ......................................................................................... 225
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Table 1. Ceasefre groups ...............................................................................2
Table 2. Main themes identfed in processing workshops across all areas ...7
Table 3. Kachin State - Main themes from processing workshop ................17
Table 4. Kachin State - Main themes under guide questons .......................19
Table 5. Northern Shan State - Main themes from processing workshop ...26
Table 6. Northern Shan State - Main themes under guide questons ..........28
Table 7. Southern Shan State - Main themes from processing workshop ...33
Table 8. Southern Shan State - Main themes under guide questons ..........35
Table 11. Kayin State - Main themes from processing workshop ................49
Table 12. Kayin State - Main themes under guide questons .......................51
Table 13. Mon State - Main themes from the processing workshop ...........56
Table 14. Mon State - Main themes under guide questons ........................59
Table 15. List of Partner Organisatons ........................................................74
Table 16. Gender of listeners .......................................................................74
Table 17. Guide questons ............................................................................76
Table 18. Locatons covered and number of partcipants ............................79
Table 19. Gender of partcipants ..................................................................79
Table 20. Ethnicity of partcipants ................................................................80
Table 21. Age range of partcipants ..............................................................81
Table 22. Educatonal background of partcipants .......................................81
Table 23. Livelihood of partcipants .............................................................82
Table 24. Religion of partcipants .................................................................83
Table 25. Gender of partcipants ................................................................101
Table 26. Ethnicity of partcipants ..............................................................101
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Table 27. Age range of partcipants ............................................................102
Table 28. Educaton background of partcipants ........................................102
Table 29. Livelihood of partcipants ...........................................................103
Table 30. Ethnicity of partcipants ..............................................................129
Table 31. Age range of partcipants ............................................................130
Table 32. Livelihood of partcipants ...........................................................131
Table 33. Gender of partcipants ................................................................155
Table 34. Ethnicity of partcipants ..............................................................155
Table 35. Age range of partcipants ............................................................156
Table 36. Educatonal background of partcipants .....................................156
Table 37. Livelihood of partcipants ...........................................................157
Table 38. Gender of partcipants ................................................................175
Table 39. Ethnicity of partcipants ..............................................................175
Table 40. Age range of partcipants ............................................................176
Table 41. Educaton background of partcipants ........................................176
Table 42. Religion of partcipants ...............................................................177
Table 43. Livelihood of partcipants ...........................................................177
Table 44. Gender of partcipants ................................................................200
Table 45. Ethnicity of partcipants ..............................................................200
Table 46. Religion of partcipants ...............................................................201
Table 47. Age Range of partcipants ...........................................................201
Table 48. Livelihood of partcipants ...........................................................202
Table 49. Gender of partcipants ................................................................222
Table 50. Ethnicity of partcipants ..............................................................222
Table 51. Age range of partcipants ............................................................223
Table 52. Educaton background of partcipants ........................................223
Table 53. Livelihood of partcipants ...........................................................224
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LIst Of MaPs
Map of Myanmar .............................................................................................6
Map of Kachin State ......................................................................................94
Map of Shan State .......................................................................................122
Map of Northern Shan State .......................................................................124
Map of Southern Shan State ........................................................................150
Map of Kayah State ......................................................................................170
Map of Kayin State ......................................................................................194
Map of Mon State .......................................................................................214
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