At least 55 women, including two who were pregnant and four under the age of 18, were killed in January 2026 as a result of air and ground attacks carried out by the Myanmar junta, according to the Burma Women’s Union (BWU), which released the figures on 9 February.

The BWU reported that 46 women were killed in aerial bombardments, seven in artillery shelling, and two in arbitrary killings during January.

In addition, the BWU said 54 women were injured in January, including 41 in air strikes, five by landmines, and five as a result of conflict-related sexual violence.

Sagaing Region recorded the highest number of women’s deaths in January with 20 cases, followed by Rakhine State with 10 and Kachin State with eight.

One of the deadliest incidents of the month occurred on 22 January, when an airstrike on Kaungja village in Bhamo Township, Kachin State, killed eight women.

According to the Nyan Lynn Thit Analytica Research Group, the military carried out 712 airstrikes between September and December 2025, with more than 64 percent of them targeting civilians.

The BWU also documented that 792 women were killed in military attacks over the course of 2025 alone.