20
Jan

Query on the Black Ribbon Movement

Yesterday the [him] moderator made a posting on issues within the Ministry of Health, prompting this anonymous query:

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The author brings up the Black Ribbon Movement as opposing the militarization of the ministry, but doesn't really tell us whether the movementt was successful; a Reuters article from August suggests that it was:

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-myanmar-health-idUSKCN0QH1X420150812

""Myanmar's health minister on Wednesday scrapped plans to fill more of the 300 vacancies at his ministry with military personnel, after thousands of people joined a rare online protest against eight initial appointments."

Does anyone know where the movement / the militarization of the ministry stands now?

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This is a good question. Can anyone answer? Anonymously, of course.

Jamie

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