As rapes rise in Myanmar, augmented reality could help smash sex taboos
People pray at a pagoda during the Thadingyut festival in Mandalay, Myanmar, October 13, 2019. Photo taken on October 13, 2019. REUTERS/Ann Wang
The 38-year-old Harvard graduate was named one of 40 social entrepreneurs of the year by the World Economic Forum in New York last month for her work in transforming the way hundreds of thousands of students learn in Myanmar.
Key to her work is augmented reality,...
Her project on sex education, named Bay Kin (Danger Free), was launched in August soon after the child-rape case ignited national debate about sex, safety, children and consent.
The product includes a series of sex education books — in both paper and AR formats — as well as comics and games, that teach students about everything from sex organs to pregnancy.
“We’re in the early stage because many teachers still feel embarrassed to teach sex in schools, but AR is fun, so we hope it can help to overcome this,” said Hla Hla Win.
The 3-year-old girl, nicknamed “Victoria,” testified via video link at a trial last month after a school employee was charged with raping her. The case has been a lightning rod for popular protest in Myanmar, be it over the many nurseries that lack licenses or the hasty way police handled investigations.
Child rapists face a maximum of life imprisonment if convicted.
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