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[The Ananda Newsletter #3] Covid-19, Controversial Bills, Budget Allocation and More - mailchi.mp/a78ae501382c/t…

A situation analysis of Covid-19 in Myanmar using publicly available data sets. This R Notebook is a reusable research which the author hopes to update periodically with new data. rpubs.com/htin/covid19mm

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The state of quarantine facilities and people quarantined in Myanmar despite encouraging results from the lab. Both on the rise. Source: web.facebook.com/MyanmarCDC/

In the wake of coronavirus economic impacts on Myanmar workers, we looked at why and how under-spending Social Security Board should be reformed. theananda.org/en/blog/view/r…

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If approved, the #PoVAW law will be the first primary legislation dedicated to the prevention of, and protection from, violence against women, other than relevant provisions in the criminal code. Now awaiting submission to #Hluttaw for debate theananda.org/en/blog/view/b… #Myanmar

Adoption of open data standards was an enabler of collaboration between @OpenHluttaw & @sinarproject. Open source enables civic tech collaboration. @TheAnandaMM publishes theirs so you can help contribute to Myanmar civic tech! github.com/theananda

Myanmar #Hluttaw now considering two constitution amendment bills (one needs referendum, other not). We compared that with original 3766 amendment proposals by different parties. Each and every amendment relatable to the ruling party.

Glad to see @TheAnandaMM leading Southeast Asia for #civictech, #openparl and #opendata Here making auditor general reports on regional GLCs accessible through blogs and dataviz theananda.org/en/blog/view/y…

TLDR; Long awaited Prevention of Violence Against Women Bill now officially submitted to #Hluttaw! 1/ 12 chapters, 72 articles 2/ Focal - Social Welfare 3/ Objectives - as title implies Which #Hluttaw to start not known yet. More to follow on theananda.org soon!

TLDR; Bar Council & Legal Practitioners Bill 1/ 17 chapters, 79 articles 2/ Focal - Attorney-General Office 3/ Objectives - to improve solicitor qualifications, ..., to protect rights of solicitors Now at Amyotha #Hluttaw. More to follow on theananda.org soon!

@yatespj Thanks. Not yet now, but the next phase could include some subnational parliaments depending on availability of documents.

Myanmar #Hluttaw hansards now available as #opendata format on our new tool transcripts.theananda.org. You can search parliamentary records by keywords or MP names.

Preview of @TheAnandaMM with initial public website of searchable MP transcripts for Myanmar parliaments. Coming soon, the background technical work, including digitizing documents and parsing text to get to this stage #OpenParl @OD4DAsia

Hearing that over 80 Myanmar MPs signed up for @TheAnandaMM open parliament data workshop this weekend. That's inspiring, coming from country (Malaysia) where they don't even bother to turn up when parliament is in session.

Looking back to 2015 general elections as we come closer to the next election year. Voter turnouts an Winning margins in 2015. #Myanmar #2020Election

Union Election Commission proposed some amendments to election bylaws, an update and analysis: theananda.org/en/blog/view/-… #Myanmar #Elections