Curated by FG Contributor Samiha Hossain Photo Credit AFP/Getty Images via Deutsche Welle Women in Myanmar continue to play a central role in resisting the military junta. Even after the military brutally put down the mass protests that followed the coup there in February last year, flash mobs have repeatedly gathered in major cities to keep up the protests, which are life-threatening, as the security forces often shoot without warning, or drive their vehicles into the demonstrators.