The Oscar-winning star, who is also a special envoy for the United Nations’ refugee agency, arrived in Myanmar on Wednesday, meeting President Thein Sein in the capital Naypyidaw and survivors of sexual violence in war-torn northern Kachin state.
On Saturday she met Suu Kyi at her residence in Yangon after which the pair visited women from Myanmar’s largely female textile industry workforce at their living quarters in Hlaing Tha Yar, a town on the western outskirts of the city.
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