Drawing on in-depth qualitative research with 28 civil society groups across Myanmar, the report highlights how civil society groups are:
- Delivering tailored lifesaving humanitarian aid — including food, cash, health care, and shelter — often in areas under attack by the junta and inaccessible to international agencies;
- Promoting sustainable community initiatives, from agriculture and vocational training to small-scale infrastructure and community health care; and
- Advancing bottom-up federalism and human rights, including by protecting human rights defenders; empowering women and youth; and supporting institution building to establish an inclusive federal democracy.
The authors urge the international community to immediately cut all ties with the junta; impose effective targeted sanctions, including a global arms and aviation fuel embargo, on the junta and its suppliers; advance justice and accountability for atrocity crimes under international law; and provide sustained, flexible funding to Myanmar civil society groups through trusted border-based channels.