Research Report in support of CEDAW - Alternative Report (2016).....Myanmar ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) in 1997, and its government submitted its last state report to the CEDAW Committee in 2008. In the past, women?s groups working in Myanmar had little opportunity to submit alternative reports to CEDAW; only the Women?s League of Burma (WLB), which is based on border areas, was able to submit such reports. In 2010, the political situation in Myanmar changed, allowing women?s organizations both along the border and inside the country to work together more closely. In 2012, WON (representing 38 member organizations) and WLB (representing 13 member organizations) began to work together, conducting strategic planning workshops and identifying joint strategic activities based on challenges faced and lessons learned. One of those joint projects involves CEDAW monitoring and reporting. As a follow-up of a Strategic Planning Workshop held in March 2014. WON organised a workshop on the CEDAW shadow reporting process for its members, as well as members of the WLB. After this workshop, WON and WLB agreed to work collaboratively on CEDAW NGO reporting with technical assistance from other organizations. WON chose to focus on CEDAW Articles 7, 12 and 14, as most WON members are working to promote women?s participation in politics, access to health care and the rights of rural women. The objective of this research was to explore key issues for women in the above-identified areas for inclusion in WON?s CEDAW Shadow Report. Additionally, WON hoped the research would provide support for concrete recommendations for the government in the CEDAW reporting process..."