Nation Building
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The Politics of National Identity in Myanmar
A panel discussion with
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Nyein Nyein Pyae Moe Thway Htoo Htet Naing
Moderated by
Saw Myo Min Thu
TIME & DATE
3:00 pm – 5 pm
February 23, 2019 (Saturday)
VENUE
The Conference Room, Peace Leadership and Research Institute (PLRI)
Thabyay Education Foundation
No. 9 Kan Street, Hlaing Township, Yangon
This panel discussion will be conducted in Burmese.
Saw Myo Min Thu
TIME & DATE
3:00 pm – 5 pm
February 23, 2019 (Saturday)
VENUE
The Conference Room, Peace Leadership and Research Institute (PLRI)
Thabyay Education Foundation
No. 9 Kan Street, Hlaing Township, Yangon
This panel discussion will be conducted in Burmese.
Htoo Htet Naing, a fellow in the Peace Leadership and Research Institute, works as a Project Officer at Search for Common Ground, an international non-profit organization with a mission to transform the way the world deals with conflicts. As a fellow in the PLRI, her research focuses on conflict and reconciliation in Northern Rakhine. Htoo Htet Naing graduated from the Liberal Arts Program of Myanmar Institute of Theology with a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Studies.
Moe Thway is Co-Founder and President of Generation Wave. Formerly, he was the Secretary General of National Youth Congress, where he was able to raise youth participation in national building in Myanmar. He is known for his involvement in saffron revolution as an individual demonstrator. Together with other youth members, Moe Thway is active in his work on human rights and peace issues.
Nyein Nyein Pyae is a Journalism Mentor at the Internews. She worked as a journalist for 9 years, observing Myanmar's transition from military regime to hybrid military-civilian government. She has been covering politics, civil war, peace process, ethnic-politics, geopolitics, foreign affairs, civilian-military relations and national reconciliation in Myanmar. She previously worked as a political analyst at Embassy of Japan in Myanmar.