A Movement for Myanmar Democracy

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Abstract: Sandra Kong’s capstone projects focused on advocating and bringing awareness to the political conflict in Myanmar following the military coup on February 1st, 2021. Along with other strong advocates and community members, Sandra worked with Global Movement for Myanmar Democracy (GM4MD), a youth-led grassroots organization coordinating international action among the Myanmar diaspora in support of Myanmar’s democracy, to create a centralized website platform for international campaigns and resources. While the website was created as a way of providing credibility and information about GM4MD’s projects, it quickly became a digital space providing real time and archival updates of the democracy movement such as snapshots of campaigns, political advocacy mechanisms, poetry and art, and breaking updates about fallen heroes. Moreover, the website’s central advocacy mission of positioning Myanmar’s political conflict as a global issue was critical in highlighting how the human right abuses (from women’s rights violations to endangerment of democracy to preventing access to healthcare) had impacts beyond Myanmar.

Author	Kong, Sandra

DOI	https://doi.org/10.25740/bn330hc3465
Location	https://purl.stanford.edu/bn330hc3465

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Preferred citation: Kong, S. (2022). A Movement for Myanmar Democracy . Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/bn330hc3465

Stanford Center for Human Rights and International Justice, Minor in Human Rights Capstone Projects

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