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.
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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.