Access to Justice Initiative

Dr. Nyo Nyo Thin

Program Director

Dr. Nyo Nyo Thin became popular as an opposition female MP in the first Yangon Region parliament for her support for women's rights, anti-corruption, and rule of law, and became known as a lone lion. She submitted 40 motions and asked more than 400 questions in parliament from 2011 to 2015 to check and balance the government, and worked to halt projects that lacked transparency. She is one of the few MPs who publicly declared her assets during the 2015 campaign. She graduated from Yangon University in 1991 majoring in Law, and received a master's degree in law in 1996. ......

Khin Ma Ma Myo

Founder and Executive Director(MIPSS)

Khin Ma Ma Myo is the founder and Executive Director of the Myanmar Institute of Peace and Security Studies (MIPSS), which she created in 2013 to help facilitate peace and reconciliation process in Myanmar.She is also the founder of two other institutes, the Myanmar Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) and the Myanmar Institute of Politics and Policy (MIPP).During a time of upheaval in Myanmar, Khin Ma Ma Myo spent many years as a Coordinator for the Burmese Democratic Movement Association (2003-04) as a Media and Campaigns Director.......

Dr Ohnmar Khaing

Myanmar Program Manager

Dr Ohnmar Khaing has 22 years of professional experience in food security, agricultural development and rural livelihoods, with special focus on science-policy interfaceand building the foundationfor improving food sovereignty and empowering women; project design, development and management; capacity-building and raising of public awareness.She is now working at Australian Center for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR) as a Myanmar Program Manager. She spent over 6 years (July 2009-August 2015) for the Food Security Working Group (FSWG) Myanmar,.......