Since elections and a change of government leader in 2011, Myanmar has undergone change. But while people are now more able to speak out against injustice, powerful elites, combined with a complex legal system for land ownership and an opening up to investors are a threat to the 65 per cent of the country that relies on agriculture for its livelihood.
The photo-journalist Bremen Donovan travelled around Mynamar with Namati and its partner’s paralegals capturing the people we work with and the places they live.
A farms her land in the village of Dwar Ther Hle, Myanmar.
U. Soe Khaing, 26, owns 10 acres of land, of which 7.5 are officially registered (but awaiting a land use certificate) and approximately 2.5 are currently contested – his aunt is trying to register the land in her own name. Pat Nan Village, Taung Lay Lone Village Tract, Myanmar. Photograph by Bremen Donovan.
Farmers till the land in Milethouk village, Shan State.
