G-Taw Zagar Wyne

By Purple Feminists Group

G-taw is airing to amplify Myanmar women's and girls' voices that are making social, political, and economic changes all around the world.

It is Myanmar's first feminist podcast started in 2019 by Purple Feminists Group.

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Episode-1-Living as an Artist In Myanmar-Chuu Wai Nyein

G-Taw Zagar WyneMay 26, 2020

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S-1-Episode-7-Consent-International Women's Day-Win Min Than & Nandar

The first-ever live podcast recording in Myanmar!

Feminist activist Nandar from Purple Feminists Group will explore what consent is and means in Myanmar with special guest Win Min Than. The discussions is recorded live on Women Weeks 4th March.
With the support of Any Rev TV and in partnership with the EU Delegation to Myanmar.

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Why host a podcast recording show?

A podcast live recording is an interactive, informative, and exciting event, which aims at capturing live audience reactions as the podcast is being recorded.

Podcasting live helps to create an organic conversation between the audience and the host. A live show gives listeners the chance to actually see the conversation unfold before them and even influence a show.

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Purple Feminists Group is a local grassroots organization founded in 2018 with the following purposes: to raise awareness on gender-based violence, to challenge menstrual taboos, to contextualize feminist literature, to amplify women's and girls’ voices through podcast and writing.

The aim of the podcast G-Taw Zagar Wyne is to generate and promote a community-led space that brings together women, as well as men, to talk about themes related to feminism and the female body in Myanmar.

Follow our socials for further updates
Facebook : www.facebook.com/gtawzagarwyne/
Sound Cloud : https://soundcloud.com/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast
Spotify : open.spotify.com/show/4W80LIG2haqa3NxiJvF7AB
Please contact us at gtawzagarwyne@gmail.com for any inquiry.
#untoldstoriesofmyanmarwomen
#GTaw_season1 #gtawzagarwyne

May 17, 202434:28

S-1-Episode-6-Overcoming Domestic Violence-Crystal White

G-Taw Crystal is currently living in Pyin Oo Lwin working with an indigenous education NGO organization named RISE. She shared with us not only her professional journey of becoming apart of RISE community but also her personal struggles of building a healthy relationship with her mother for a long time. She emphasized and gave us her transformative view on life, love, and relationship while pursuing a different kind of education on the border side of Myanma. Among many we strong women we know, Crystal stands out for her contribution and support on Indigenous's education needs in rural areas.

You can see her work here:

www.facebook.com/rise.organization.network

Their website here- riseducation.org/

May 17, 202439:41

S-1-Episode- 5-Toxic Relationship Signs-Nandar

G-taw is airing to amplify, inspire and empower through dialogues and storytelling with legend girls and women.

How do you know when you are in a toxic relationship? How do you address them? How do you cut them off? What are the signs of healthy relationship? How can we build one?

Due to pandemic COVID 19, we are doing some exclusive podcast sessions to keep you occupied and informed about a variety of topics from relationship to health.

Stay tuned and share this podcast with your friends and family.

May 15, 202420:15

S-1-Episode-4-Menstruation Is Not Shameful- Dr.Yadanar

This week, meet Gtaw, Yadanar who is a doctor and an SRHR advocate from Yangon. In this episode, she shares memorable experiences with her first-time bleeding and how she attached shame around it. She also offers us a medical point of view on menstruation: why we bleed, what happens when we bleed or not bleed. She greatly takes time on deconstructing myths around menstruation and explains why they are not logical or medically approved. She emphasizes how damaging this harmful cultural practice is- for our mental, physical health. Many young girls in Myanmar are told not to take shower during menstruation and we asked Yadanar if that’s true. She suggests we do what we want to do like every day when we bleed and there is no need for any changes in lifestyles. Her passion, knowledge and constant advocacy on Sexual & Reproductive Health & Rights will certainly give you many inspirations to stand up and speak up against inequality.

You can follow her work below
www.facebook.com/jewel.tapa
Application to track your period cycle:
Andriod-- play.google.com/store/apps/detail…lue.android&hl=en
Iphone-- apps.apple.com/us/app/clue-perio…acker/id657189652

If you wanna ask questions learn more about menstruation health or SRHR matter here are some links:
www.facebook.com/nyimalay.mm/
www.facebook.com/mateapplication/
www.facebook.com/Thiloyarmay/

May 15, 202441:59

S-1-Episode 3- How I Became a Graphic Designer-Moe Thandar Aung

G-taw is airing to amplify, inspire and empower through dialogues and storytelling with legend girls and women.

This week, meet our third speaker, Gtaw, graphic Artist, Moe Thandar Aung from Mandalay. She talks about her incredible smart grandmother who inspires her to be an artist, her perspective on love, and her journey of becoming an artist without even planning to be. She also emphasizes how her computer training led her to do graphic designs and she started getting interested in drawing. Since then she has never stopped drawing. She also announced that she wants to learn and explore more until she reaches her happy point. In her free time, Moe likes watching biography and mafia movies while listening to metal music. She adds talking about her younger sister who inspires and encourages her to be a better artist every day. She is a very inspiring artist that designs Lost In Violent book cover for Purple Feminists Group.

You can follow her work below
Facebook: www.facebook.com/moethandarag
Instagram : www.instagram.com/artbymoeaung/

May 15, 202431:45

S-1-Episode-2-Becoming A Humanitarian Activist-Aye Thiri Kyaw

G-taw is airing to inspire and empower through dialogues and storytelling with legend girls and women.

This week, we have the legend, G-Taw Aye Thiri Kyaw with us who is a humanitarian activist, a researcher, a proud single mother, and a feminist. In this episode, she shares her childhood memories, her carrier as a researcher and her struggle with divorce. With open heart, she talks about her perspective on gender, domestic violence, feminism and divorce through personal and academic lens. She also emphasizes how hard it is to identify toxic behavior in a relationship since our culture has set women and girls to scarify. She explains in details about her journey of becoming the activist from personal stories. There are so many insightful things that we can learn from this conversation.

You can follow her on facebook: www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100012242020118

May 15, 202457:32

S-1-Episode-1-Becoming A Poet-Pyait Sone Win

G-taw is airing to inspire and empower through dialogues with legend women and girls.
For the very first episode of our season-1, we have invited G-taw Pyait Sone Win who is a poet, a doctor, and a teacher. In this episode, she shares her journey of from becoming a doctor to a teacher. She also emphasizes on her writing journey and love life with her beloved husband who she newly married to. Her perspective on writing, love, treatment and prevention is quite something to learn from.
Follow her on Facebook : www.facebook.com/pyaesone.win.710
Follow our socials for further updates
Facebook : www.facebook.com/gtawzagarwyne/
Sound Cloud : https://soundcloud.com/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast
Spotify : open.spotify.com/show/4W80LIG2haqa3NxiJvF7AB
Please contact us at gtawzagarwyne@gmail.com for any inquiry.
#untoldstoriesofmyanmarwomen
#GTaw_season1 #gtawzagarwyne

May 15, 202447:11

S - 4-Ep - 1-Bridging The Gap - Naw Eunice

"The patriarchal system has existed around us in different forms. Our ancestors did their part in dismantling it and so are we. And I have no doubt that future generations will continue this fight till the end of it. "
In this episode, Naw Eunice a senior program officer at Swiss Aid Myanmar and a feminist gives us her perspective on the changes that Myanmar women from different have made to better the society and how that has led to such great involvement of women in this revolution. She also adds on talking about how in the midst of the coup, we see the significant visibility of people daring to be sexist and misogynist, and how patriarchy and dictatorship are intertwined. Finally, she highlights and encourages young people's participation in different sections-politics, economics,and social. Listen to the full episode to get a wholesome understanding of the progress and challenges that feminists in Myanmar have made and faced.

Speaker Bio: Naw Eunice was born in the brown zone in the Pago region where there is an armed conflict area. She was growing up in a Karen and Christian family. At the age of 5, her family moved to May Myo (Pyin Oo Lwin) and finished matriculation in 1997. She finished her graduate program (Bachelor of Theology) with the research topic “Violence Against Asian Women “in 2003. She earned her Master of Divinity in 2007 from the Myanmar Institute of Theology with the thesis topic “Implementing the Rights of the Child in Myanmar Churches Community”. She has almost fifteen years of experience working alongside women, girls, and youth as a trainer and facilitator. From 2016 to 2019 she worked as a Project Coordinator at Gender Studies Center – Myanmar Institute of Theology. In 2017, she attended the month-long capacity-building course on “Gender, Sustainable development, Peace, and Human Rights” organized by SANGAT – A Feminist Network in Nepal. And voluntarily working as a county coordinator of One Billion Rising. Currently, she is working as a Senior Program Officer (Gender and Livelihoods) at SWISSAID Myanmar since 2019.

#generationaljustice #Season4GTaw

May 15, 202401:51:16

S-3-Episode-19-Building Global Movement with Solidarity-Jan Jan

"The International Community has not been doing enough that is exactly why GM4MD and organizations like us are continuing with our advocacy for change so that the international leaders listen and act."

Jan Jan is a first-generation Kachin-American student majoring in Global Affairs at George Mason University. She previously served as Co-lead of the Burma Committee for STAND: The Student-led Movement to End Mass Atrocities, Assistant Secretary for Kachin Alliance, and founded and served as President of the STAND at Mason chapter at her school. She continues to serve as an advisor for STAND at Mason, social media manager for Kachin Alliance, Burma Policy Lead for Action Corps and is Co-Founder of the Global Movement for Myanmar Democracy (GM4MD). With her fellow Co-Founders, GM4MD team members, and colleagues within the U.S. Advocacy Coalition for Myanmar (USACM), she is galvanizing the Burmese-American constituency domestically while also connecting passionate individuals from the Burmese diaspora and international community with one another for Burma advocacy.

buildingmovement withsolidarity

Oct 22, 202150:50

S-3-Episode-16-Challenging The Burmanization- Thawda Aye Lei

" I see two classes; the group that oppressed and those who are being oppressed. If we want to demolish Burmanization, even the Bama community must know that they are being oppressed by the system because the oppressors are using the ideology to divide between Bamas and other ethnic groups. I would really prefer the reconciliation between the oppressed class to fight against the oppressors."

Thawda Aye Lei, a Burmese published novelist, and social science researcher started her writing in 2002 and worked in the media field as a journalist. She obtained a master's degree in Development Practice from the University of Queensland in 2015, and in Gender, Human Rights, and Conflict Studies from the International Institute of Social Studies, the Netherlands in 2016. She is surviving with two professionals; a social science researcher and as a writer. In 2017, she published her first novel "Silky Moonshade". She has published 4 novels and 2 short stories collections books so far. She has also contributed many articles which were related to feminism and gender issues in the local papers. In 2019, she participated in a three-month International Writing Programme in Iowa, US. In 2021, she enrolled in the Ph.D. program in Political Science at McMaster University, Canada.

Sep 20, 202159:14

S-3-Episode-11-Supporting Is Not The Same As Saving-Thet

"We DO NOT need people to save us but what we do need is support. That has always been my intention with posting all these stories daily basis about #Whatishappeninginmyanmar on social media ."

Thet is a young Karen ethnic woman and organizer from Yangon. Since the coup, she has been protesting and primarily documenting and sharing #WhatsHappeninginMyanmar as a civilian on the ground.

Podcast link here- https://soundcloud.com/.../s-3-episode-11-supporting-is...

Follower her on Twitter- https://twitter.com/ThetHtarThet1

PFG Twitter: https://twitter.com/pfgmyanmar

#gtawzagarwynes3

Aug 16, 202156:00

S-3-Episode-9-The Invisible Sides of Motherhood-Khin Chan Myae Maung

"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, she's been exploring the dynamics of motherhood and childbirth in Myanmar culture and feminism.

As a writer, her work consists of short fiction, poetry, and nonfiction essays. She was recognized as Judges Choice Writer in the Ithaca College Writing Contest 2016, after placing first in both fiction and poetry. Her work can be found in Still Water Magazine, Rough Cut Zine, Frontier Magazine, and Yangon Literary Magazine. Giving Alms is her first published work of short stories.

#motherhoodinmyanmar #gtawzagarwyne

Aug 02, 202155:54

S-3-Episode-7-Writing About Coup & Food

"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, MiMi’s award-winning book ‘MANDALAY: Recipes & Tales from a Burmese Kitchen’ was chosen by The Observer and The Financial Times as one of their Best Books of the Year. MiMi also co-hosts the food and culture podcast The MSG Pod and is on social media as @meemalee. She is a qualified solicitor and read Law at Cambridge.

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Jul 19, 202101:08:59

S-3-Episode-5-Rising For Democracy with Science & Activism

“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 suggested how we can all take a part in decolonizing the health care system in Myanmar.

Sandra Mon is a senior researcher at the Center for Public Health and Human Rights at the Johns Hopkins Department of Epidemiology. As a Myanmar national, she has been an active voice for health care workers in Myanmar since the beginning of the coup there on February 1.

#gtawzagarwyne #purplefeministsgroup #season3
Twitter: twitter.com/sandraXmon
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Jul 05, 202101:03:02

S-3-Episode-3-Where Do Rohingya Belong-Yasmin Ullah

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 discuss the very core of this issue and how she is taking part in bringing solutions along with many other activists and advocates.

You can listen to this episode wherever you listen to the podcast.

Follow Yasmin: twitter.com/YasminJUllah
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Jun 21, 202101:45:59

Episode-6-The Importance of Sexuality Education- Dr. Thet Su Htwe

"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 to educate people on what is necessary for all mankind.

She brings her religious identity which is her hijab (a headscarf) and showing the evidence of defending the rights of Muslim women to education, to earn a living, and to involve in societal change, and social harmony. Her strong feminist mindset embraces her struggles into the endeavor in most of her work-field. Beyond the regular SRHR education programs, she is now running a sexuality education program for women with disabilities in collaboration with one of the leading disabilities initiatives in Myanmar. Over 6 years, she has taught basic SRHR education to over 3500 adults and adolescents including people and youth with disabilities across Myanmar through Strong Flowers Sexuality Education Services.

For more information,

www.strongflowers.org

FB: https://www.facebook.com/Strong-Flowers-Sexuality-Education-Service-387910321316207

Nov 26, 202014:22

Episode-5-Pandemics Do Not Stop Periods-Khin Hnin Su

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 quarantine centers. She is here to share with us about this fundraising campaign on sanitary pads as well as her passion for equality.

Please, go check the Fundraising Facebook page to learn about how you can donate and support this important action.

Learn more about Khin Hnin Su--> https://www.linkedin.com/in/khinsu/

Fundraising Facebook Page -- https://www.facebook.com/myanmar.covid.sanitary.pads/

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Purple Feminists Group -- https://www.facebook.com/purplefeminists/

Myanmar Podcast on Soundcloud --https://soundcloud.com/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast

Oct 24, 202034:02

Episode-4-Challenging the status quo-Shrinkhala Khatiwada

"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. With her, we will be discussing menstrual taboos and other harmful social practices that she has experienced or seen and how she is challenging those. Ma Nandar& Shrinkhala shared the same ethnic identity (being born as Nepali) however, did two of them experience different things for being born in different countries?

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Here is Myanmar version of the podcast link: https://soundcloud.com/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast

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#challengingthestatusquowithpurple

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Aug 15, 202050:11

Episode-3-Becoming a Journalist-Ei Thant Sin

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 releasing new episode for G-Taw Zagar Wyne (English podcast). This week speaker is, Ei Thant Sin who is currently working as an international broadcaster at Voice of America, Burmese Service. She is a TV anchor, editor and producer for ‘VOA Breakfast News’ on Mizzima channel. She was born and raised in Yangon, and moved to the United States for college in 2012. She graduated from Randolph College in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communication studies and a minor in Studio Arts. She currently lives in Washington, D.C.

In this podcast she shares her experience of becoming a journalist. Writing and being vocal about the things around her was something she has been doing since she was 16 years old.

Myanmar language podcast here- https://soundcloud.com/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast

Learn more about her work --- https://www.facebook.com/eithantsin.tv

Purple website --- https://purplefeminist.org/

G-Taw Facebook page -- https://www.facebook.com/gtawzagarwyne

Aug 12, 202042:50

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 who can become pregnant. This is not only health issues but also social justice issues. Like many countries in the world, Myanmar also strictly prohibited this right and therefore, put the lives of many in danger. How do we normalize this conversation? This week, G-Taw Zagar Wyne sat with HowToUseAbortionPill to discuss why safe, respectful, and legal abortion matters.

Learn more about HowToUseAbortionPill here  https://www.howtouseabortionpill.org

Safe2Choose --- https://safe2choose.org/

Facebook page of HowToUuseAbortionPill here -- How to use abortion pill

Follow our podcast here  https://anchor.fm/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast

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Pocket Casts --- https://pca.st/h5hxh1xn

Radio Public ---- https://radiopublic.com/gtaw-zagar-wyne-podcast-8Qol3l

Myanmar podcast here --- https://soundcloud.com/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast

Jun 06, 202020:08

Episode-1-Living as an Artist In Myanmar-Chuu Wai Nyein

"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, Hong Kong, Warsaw, France, and Australia.

Chuu Wai Nyein is interested in discovering and working with handcrafted materials, as can be seen in her paintings which showcases artwork made in part with traditional htameins and longyis fabrics as canvases.

Many of them have a woman’s face or skin replaced by the traditional decorative flourishes from temple and court art. Others are painted on the fabric used for women’s clothing, with the woven pattern showing through the portrait. Many are sexy, playful, confident, thoughtful, and are the women Chuu Wai Nyein sees among her peers.

We hope you will show us support by sharing this podcast with your friends, partners, and family. Please feel free to contact us or leave a comment below

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May 26, 202010:45

Introduction to G-Taw Zagar Wyne

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 website: http://purplefeminist.org/

Here is our Soundcloud link: https://soundcloud.com/g-taw-zagar-wyne-podcast

May 08, 202003:36