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Burma’s Female Boxers Fight For Their Basic Rights

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Burma's Female Boxers Fight

Women face increasing challenges as in rising Asia but Burma’s female boxers face a unique set of challenges in fight for equality and deserved recognition

Myanmar’s women boxers land blows for equality

AFP – Tough, stocky and packing a withering left hook, Myanmar’s gold medal-winning boxer Nwe Ni Oo cuts a surprising image in a conservative nation where women are expected to be demure rather than combative. But the 19-year-old won hearts with a teary-eyed performance.

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