Organizer: Stimson Center

Type/Location: Virtual

Description:

Join the Stimson Center for a discussion about the impact of a changing funding landscape on Myanmar’s pro-democracy civil society organizations.

Myanmar’s pro-democracy civil society organizations (CSOs) are operating in an environment of increasing repression by the ruling junta. But they also face the challenge of navigating a constantly shifting international funding landscape, constraining their resources and activism. Aye Lei Tun, an expert on Myanmar’s CSOs, will delve into the complexities of how CSOs are strategizing for survival amid these pressures with new research tracking the latest developments in Myanmar’s civil society.

Read more of Aye Lei Tun’s analysis on the challenges of funding Myanmar’s CSOs here.

About the Speaker:

Aye Lei Tun is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Political Science, McMaster University who is deeply immersed in the study of civil society organizations in Myanmar and Thailand. She has conducted extensive fieldwork as part of research for her ongoing dissertation on resilience of civil society organizations’ (CSO) in authoritarian regimes. She recently published a critical perspective examining how international funding shapes pro-democracy CSOs’ activism in Myanmar’s post-coup era after 2021.

Moderator: Pam Kennedy, Research Analyst, China Program, Stimson Center

Registration:

To attend the event virtually, please register here.