In Myanmar, the 2021 coup d’état led to the collapse of civic space and a rise in authoritarian control. At the same time – and less discussed – the authoritarian environment that followed saw the re-emergence of Buddhist fundamentalism, which uses military violence and a centralised Buddhist-Bamar national identity to suppress alternative voices. A key target of Buddhist fundamentalist groups has been defenders of women, gender and sexual minority (WGSM) rights, whose advocacy is framed as a threat to “traditional” morality. Religious Fundamentalism in Myanmar: Post-Coup Repression of Gender Rights shows the coordinated nature of the repression – including legal restrictions, online harassment and physical violence. It also traces how WGSM rights organisations have adopted fragmented survival strategies, including adopting security measures, building support networks, sourcing international aid, coordinating with the National Unity Government (NUG) and conducting long-term advocacy. However, to date, these efforts have been fragmented, reactive, scarce, unevenly accessible and insufficient compared with the scale and severity of the Buddhist fundamentalist backlash. The report recommends that the United Nations, the NUG, international aid organisations, international non-governmental organisations and WGSM rights organisations confront the ideological roots of repression. They must adopt an intersectional approach while addressing the structural links between Buddhist fundamentalism, gender hierarchies and authoritarian repression to counteract these threats.