Lives on Hold: Making Sure No Child is Left Behind in Myanmar

An unprecedented period of change and opportunity is under way in Myanmar. But too many children have yet to feel the benefits. Ending the long-running conflicts and intercommunal violence that have plagued the country for decades – and tackling the issues of self-governance, resource-sharing and ethnic identity that have perpetuated them – is a key stated ambition of the Government of the National League for Democracy that took office just over a year ago.

Political, social and economic reforms initiated in 2010 are starting to impact on the lives of the children who make up approximately 34 per cent of the country’s estimated 53 million population.

This Child Alert focuses on the situation of children whose lives and prospects are effectively on hold.