Saturday May 19th 2012

Press Release

Statement from Kachin Women Association Thailand concerning the gang-rape in church in Pang Wa

May 18, 2012 Gang-rape in church highlights Burma Army impunity for sexual violence in Kachin conflict The gang-rape and [Read More]

Women’s League of Burma calls for Greater women’s participation in peace process

May 15, 2012   The Women’s League of Burma welcomes the inclusion of two women parliamentarians in the newly formed [Read More]

Rakhaing Women Union’s statement on U Thein Sein’s second speech concerning the return of exiles

May 14, 2012 Rakhaing Women welcome U Thein Sein’s call for Burma’s exiles to return home but urges to remember that fighting [Read More]

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Programmes

Peace Building and Reconciliation

The Program was established to build peace and reconciliation between the war-torn communities of Burma regardless of their ethnic, religious and cultural backgrounds by raising awareness, building [Read More]

Political Empowerment Program

The Political Empowerment Program implements capacity building, documenting, advocating and mobilizing at different levels to fulfill the objective of increasing the women participation in politics [Read More]

Women Against Violence

The program aims to eliminate Violence Against Women (VAW) through empowering women of Burma, giving direct assistance to women who suffer from violence, documenting cases of violations against women [Read More]

Bringing Justice to Women of Burma

A short film “Bringing Justice to Women”

Demanding the accountability of Burma’s military for war crimes and [Read More]

Women’s League of Burma

The Women's League of Burma (WLB) is an umbrella organization comprising 13 already-existing women's organizations of different ethnic backgrounds from Burma. WLB was founded on December 9,1999. Its mission is to work for women's empowerment and advancement of the status of women, and to work for the increased participation of women in all spheres of society in the democracy movement, and in peace and national reconciliation processes through capacity building, advocacy, research and documentation.

Aims

  • To work for the empowerment and advancement of the status of women
  • To work for the rights of women and gender equality
  • To work for the Elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against women
  • To work for the increased participation of women in every level of decision making in all spheres of society
  • To participate effectively in the movement for peace, democracy and national reconciliation

By working together, and encouraging cooperation between the different groups, the Women's League of Burma hopes to build trust, solidarity and mutual understanding among women of all nationalities in Burma.

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