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Students from coup-hit Myanmar lament loss of canceled ‘DEI’ scholarships

Writer's picture: Saw Kyaw OoSaw Kyaw Oo

Ma Phyu, 31, spent years working to protect ethnic minorities in her native Bago region in central Myanmar. She made her way through university and long hoped to get an advanced degree, but though she was a careful saver, she had to care for her parents and the cost of school was always out of reach.


Finally, last year, Ma Phyu received word that she qualified for a U.S.-funded scholarship program that would cover her tuition, room and board at a public policy program in neighboring Thailand. Upon graduation, she planned to return home to apply her development studies expertise in poverty-hit regions inhabited by ethnic minorities that make up about one-third of Myanmar’s population.

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