Abstract

• Every citizen has the freedom to abide by his customs, cultures, and traditions and to choose religion which they wish to respect. The Constitution clearly allows these fundamental rights and men and women have the same rights and not discriminating the status of sex under Constitutional right. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the rights of married woman in Myanmar, based on a review of current practice, and to guarantee the observance of rights of married woman. Myanmar customary law applies to all Buddhists as the personal law which mainly concerns family matters such as marriage, divorce and conjugal rights, adoption, succession and inheritance especially in married woman. Myanmar Buddhists woman can marry her own desire without restriction. Mutual consent between them is very important of the marriage of their life. The modern right of married woman is the practice of monogamy that defend women from becoming co-wives and to prevent domestic violent that arise from the actions of polygamist men. Therefore, the rights of Myanmar Buddhist married women have the higher rights than the other religions concerning with matrimonial and conjugal rights. It can also find that the rights of married woman are aligned with some of sustainable development goals in United Nations. Finally, this research will give awareness how important on the rights of married woman in the matrimonial affairs.