This week’s New Pubs features joints on gender: Pe The Law, Mortensen, and Middleton on the authority of the Karen Women’s Organization; Matelski with testimonies of “Women Peace Ambassadors” in Shan State; and Etzold et al on the transnational dynamics of gendered violence in the Banladesh/Myanmar borderlands.

See our Recent Publications page for all of the citations and for past weeks, and if anyone wants a PDF but is excluded by pay wall, please email us and we will help if we can.

Naw Pe The Law, Sofie Mortensen, and Carl Middleton. “A Critical Sister: Public Authority and the Role and Position of the Karen Women’s Organisation, Myanmar.” Gender & Society (2026): 08912432251415175.

Matelski, Maaike. “Testimonies of Women Peace Ambassadors in Myanmar’s Shan State.” Netherlands Institute for Multiparty Democracy (2026).

Etzold, Benjamin, Syeda Rozana Rashid, and Anas Ansar. “Gendered violence and conflict in the Bangladesh–Myanmar borderlands: (trans) local experiences and responses.” Gender, Place & Culture (2026): 1-20.