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Expectations are high among the legal fraternity that the change of government in April will lead to far-reaching reforms in a justice system that is decrepit, crooked and in the pocket of the military.

လွှတ်တော်အသီးသီး၏ လွှတ်တော်ဆိုင်ရာ လုပ်ငန်းများကို ပေါင်းစပ်ညှိနှိုင်း ဆောင်ရွက်ရန် အမျိုးသား ဒီမိုကရေစီအဖွဲ့ချုပ်က လွှတ်တော်ရေးရာ ဦးဆောင်ကော်မတီကို ဖွဲ့စည်း

Of the nearly 18,000 local administrators elected across Myanmar in 2012, only 42 were women. As the country prepares to hold local elections, a new report has highlighted the extreme gender imbalance at the grassroots level of government.

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