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Job Call Deadline 14 Nov
Job Description: Research and Training Associate (Thai and English Language) Deadline: 14 November 2021 click the link below to download the call The Tea Leaf Center The Tea Leaf Center Co., Ltd. is a social enterprise research and training consulting firm based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We support locally-led research by providing tailored coaching and […]
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Consultancy – Tableau Trainer
Consultancy Opportunity: Tableau Trainer To download and view the call click below Deadline: October 4, 5pm (Thai Time) The Tea Leaf Center The Tea Leaf Center is a social enterprise research and training consulting firm based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We support locally-led research by providing tailored coaching and training, on-call support, and platforms to […]
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Job Description: Research and Training Assistant (Burmese-Language) Deadline: July 2, 2021 The Tea Leaf Center The Tea Leaf Center is a social enterprise research and training consulting firm based in Chiang Mai, Thailand. We support locally-led research by providing tailored coaching and training, on-call support, and platforms to connect research. The Tea Leaf Center was […]
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DO NOT ENTER
“Do not enter.” By: Psyche The Myanmar military often posts this sign on land that they have forcefully appropriated from local owners and residents. Ethnic minorities of Myanmar in particular have suffered lost rights to their ancestral lands due to these unjust land grabs. Inspired by Andrew Wyeth (Christina’s World, 1948) See Psyche’s article at […]
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Hoping for Federalism: An Ethnic Perspective
Last week in Thanphyuyat, I was stopped at the toll gate. The soldier there confiscated and checked my phone. I’m used to soldiers checking things: It reminded me of when they checked my ID in Rakhine State. But there’s a feeling of numb panic when someone checks your phone during a military coup. As an ethnic minority in Myanmar, I have a different lens on the story than most. You see, for many ethnic groups, we distrust both the military and the National League for Democracy…
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A Hero of Myanmar’s Spring Revolution
While I am having Kyatayo(Thai noodles) at a papaya salad shop, I am reading the news of Myanmar protests and lethal crackdowns by Min Aung Hlaing’s military government in major cities and towns.
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WE ARE HIRING
Social Media Intern | Deadline: April 18th, 2021. The Tea Leaf Center is recruiting a social media intern to support translation, editing online posts, graphic designing, and other similar projects. The social media intern will help with the planning of social media posts/campaigns to increase visibility and gain more interaction from target groups with the Tea Leaf Center. The intern is also responsible for the translation of contents from English to Burmese and/or Thai and vice versa to reach wider audience in Southeast Asia Region. This position will be part-time, with flexibility of working remotely according to the Tea Leaf Center’s policy.
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Coup
VOICES FROM A COUP series: I write this in urgency, unsure of whether I will be stripped of my freedom and my life. But if I were to vanish, I hope this piece will help other parts of the world.
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Coup Government’s Coercive Mechanisms Meet the Voices of Protesters
VOICES FROM A COUP series: General Min Aung Hlaing, head of the government installed by the coup, said conducting a coup was “inevitable” (Sai Wanna, 2021). The coup was conducted to take power from the re-elected government of Daw Aung San Su Kyi’s National League of Democracy Party due to the state of emergency (Myanmar Now, 2021a) under the Section 417 of the 2008 Constitution, which focuses on the loss of national solidarity, sovereignty and the rise of insurgency, violence and other impacts.
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Coup and Tatmadaw Party Nexus: Social Responses and Repercussions
VOICES FROM A COUP series: The Burma/Myanmar military, Tatmadaw, has conducted four coups since 1958. The first coup was activated by the Tatmadaw leader, General Ne Win, in 1958 while U Nu, the head of Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League government (AFPFL), ruled the country.
