Advocacy
The role of the WLB is to be a platform for women of Burma to push for political change in Burma and work for gender equality in society. WLB advocates on behalf of its member organisations representing women and their families in diverse situations, whether inside Burma, displaced to refugee camps or living as undocumented migrant workers in neighbouring countries.
WLB is uniquely positioned to advocate for women and change in Burma because it represents a nexus where grassroots, regional, and international processes meet and connections are made. Our advocacy work connects grassroots communities in and displaced from Burma to global processes and resources through the United Nations and regional forums – and vice versa. The advocacy strategies designed and implemented by the WLB therefore incorporate working at these multiple levels to simultaneously bring the messages of our member organisations to international attention while garnering education, experience, connective relationships and resources to bring back to their related communities.
WLB’s advocacy work is characterised by a dynamism and spatial complexity that crosses many borders and extends in many directions. Principally, however, WLB advocacy strategies are grounded in a belief in inclusive political processes and therefore broad-based social movements inside Burma with support at the international level.
Dimensions of WLB’s advocacy therefore include:
- Lobbying at the international level
- Gender education, training and empowerment amongst ourselves and within our communities displaced from Burma
- Raising gender issues in programs inside Burma
To create understanding on the issue of gender equality within the Burmese democratic movement and society, WLB is working through community-based interventions and actions.
Latest news
World Refugee Day (2012): Peace Signature Campaign
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International Day of Peace (2010 campaign)
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International Day of Peace campaign (2009)
Language: Burmese (pdf) Read about the history of International Day of Peace, and our peace activities. Our press release on this…
Ending Impunity
Date: 19 June 2009 Language: English, Burmese Watch now English Burmese: Part I|Part II Women of Burma Call for UNSC action on Regime’s use of Rape as a Weapon of War and Crimes Against Humanity in Burma The Women’s League of Burma is today launching a ten-minute video “Ending Impunity” and calling for UNSC action on the…
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence (2005)
WLB's 16 Days of Activism against Gender Violence (25 Nov - 10 December 2005) Please show your pledge to end violence against women and girls. Wearing a white ribbon is a personal pledge: Never to commit violence against women, Never to condone violence against women, and Never to remain silent about violence against women. "Wearing a…
Solidarity campaign on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi’s 61st Birthday
Message to women of Burma for Solidarity Campaign on Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's 61st Birthday…
Signature Campaign to Shame ASEAN for SPDC’s Participation
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Signature Campaign for WCAR
Signature Campaign for WCAR WLB organized a Signature Campaign for WCAR from July until the end of August 2001. It aimed at using the campaign as a lobby tool in the WCAR for the support of regional and international communities towards genuine political reform in Burma. The signatures were collected from internally displaced persons, refugees,…